The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-05

repression of crime In rural America IN
Rural Crime Control" We find everything
from the old-fashioned justice Of the peace,
sheriff, constable and coroner to the newly
established state police system which has been
set up in many states. The hangovers from
the colonial age obstruct the introduction OF
the methods and personnel which are needed
to deal with crime scientifically in rural
regions
The main hope for the immediate future
lies in the greater utilization of state police
and the substitution of the county judge for
the justice of the peace. The telephone and
radios greatly have facilitated the work of
state police in country districts.
Professor Moley has found time out Of his
responsibilities to return to MS personal
speciality of the administration Of criminal
justice He and DR. Schuyler wallace have
edited an excellent symposium in the Admin
istration of Justice in which specialists on
courts, crime detection, criminal jurisprudence
and legal education discuss authoritatively the
major problems connected with adapting our
clumsy and archaic court system to the needs
of dynamic twentieth century civilization
a situation not dissimilar to entering an OK
cart in the automobile races at Indianapolis
Social works statistics have been charged
by some critics with making the facts I'M
covered keep mum rather than speak for
themselves In any event no profession is
more dependent upon a mastery of fact-find-
ing technique than social work and Dr. Philip
Klein has made a very substantial contribu-
ton to this field of Some Basic Statistics in
Social Work" It is more than sample study
in statistical methodology. The author brings
together facts and conclusions of basic signif-
canoe to actual social work practice.
We have become so accustomed to the ex-
ercise of womens rights at the polls and else
where since the World war that the fierce
battles of twenty years ago for suffrage seem
almost as much a matter of ancient history
as the witchcraft trials. It is we'll however,
that we should be reminded of the valiant
crusade and its principals Certainly nobody
could tell the story more authoritatively or
graphically than Sylvia Pankhurst in 1.-The
Sufragette Movement" While votes for women
have not produced Utopia, the victory of
woman suffrage was an important episode in
social history and we may be glad that the
English developments have been so COM
petently chronicled.
OF all the cruel and barbarous situations
prevailing in human relations TODAY our no.
ions and practices with respect to abortion
easily stand first. It is cause for qualification
that some doctors are indicating sufficient in
telligence, nerve and humanity to tackle the
problem realistically. DR.. Hongy recently
published a very serviceable little book on the
subject and now DR.. William j. Robinson. a
pioneer in the American birth control move
ment, has produced a somewhat more out
spoken volume on the subject in THE Law
Against Abortion" He cites many concrete
medical cases illustrative of the downright
savagery of present conditions.
In undermining bigotry in this and other
fields of sexual problems, psychoanalysis has
played prominent part. William Gait has
written a clear primer on the subject in
"Psychoanalysis." He has been Influenced
particularly by the group methods Of be-
havior analysis which has been elucidated and
promoted by DR.. Trgant Burrow.
The movie has come to vie with home and
school formative influence in the lives
of American children. About 100000 per-
sons attend movies each week in the United
States and more than a third of this number
are children-about II 100000 often under a.
Making use of the best studies of movie i'm
pact on American culture, Henry j. Forman
attempts to assess the significance of the
movies in shaping the ideals of American
youth in Our Movie Made Children" There
are many good educational influences on the
positive side. The worst effect lies in the i'm
pact of the crime and racket movies, sex
movies and scenes of wealth and luxury which
stimulate dissatisfaction with life conditions
among the masses and suggest illicit ways Of
acquiring riches. The movies are here to stay
and they constitute socio-educational issue
of vast moment.