The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-13

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BY HAL soYLE

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-. NEW YORK The sex crimi
.-ssBal is the most hated member Oi
ssv society
.---.e~Elit how can you deal with him?
.-~mffeayy legal penalties do not deter
him And in any case, If he ex.
..4~rpleies in violence, Furnishing him
s- Mpn'i remove the hOrrifying ex.
sy@~Esrieace from his victims mem.
~epgy- -or restore her 10 life. where
lie has killed in lust.
-e~~ea,Elilliam T. Whalen, retired New
York City chief Of detectives, be-
s-s~.slleaes the answer is This:
.sesr anyone involved in any type
Of sexual crime, however minor,
g.~..-siAenld he given psychiatric ex-
.~E mination--or 'bugged. as we call
..-ssii He should then be forced 10 take
.~s1eeffe institutional or clinical care
So. he needs.
er.~N Most of them aren't ordinary
criminals. They have sick minds. :
.---e...Thiity.three years of dealing
.-~sWith sex criminals has convinced
the veteran ex-cop that present sys-
.....-tems for handling them are hope.
less, because little is done to pre-
..--yent them from developing from
~-v~ssaiIlor offenders into major offend
prs.
Tile public has little realization
-~e.lloW widespread minor sex Of
- Seflses are. The two comTnonest
& forms are window.peeping and the
--.s- rnolestation Of women in crowded
buses and snbWays.
4. 50 We have more police calls about
peppers Than anything else Wha.
len said "As to subway mOlesters,
there are thousands of cases the
police never hear about. Women
- -. q are partly TO blame. II someone
ass annoys them, all they have 10 do
Ts is slap him In the face with their
4 handbag. There are plenty Of men
= about to ccnesto their help.
Many people regard peppers and
- lnolesiers as deiestahle but. com.
So +paratively harmless thrill-seekers.
*. - They aren't" said Whalen
Ssz grimly. They follow a pattern.
za Most Of those later arrested for
49, major sex crimes have police
as record Of minor offenses."
:. But at present--in New York
The minor offenders can only be
2- charged with disorderiy conduct,
'.-.'- given small fine or a short time
- in jail" eyen though they are
Z. picked up a thousand times. They
can't be compelled to take men.
TAI examination.
And when one goes on to COM
III nit d sex murder he gives police
the hardest possible type Of crime
-ssxs 10 solve.
There is no motive for the
q -s,rerime that can be, traced from the
z victims own background, ex-
s~m planned Whalen. 1.-The h0ldup man
s. eases his job In advance. The sex
80. mlirdereg usually doesn't. lie kills
by impulse.
Whalen recently served as tech
meal advisor for 1.-THE Sniper,' a
Columbia Pictures film marking
..-... nne CT the first efforts by Holly.
.- wood to deal with the problem on
- d sociological basis. II tells the
y, story Of q perverted youth who
Kills several women with a car.
~ sisiAe but who. before going her
= serk, tries vainly To bring his de.
81 teriorating mental condition 10 the
:. attention Of young hospital In.
5. ). terne, too busy To deal with him.
ss'~AA Compulsory nsychiatric exam.
4. nations may show which offend.
efs are potentially dangerous and
reed 10 be put away and which
J. can be put back on The right
track said Whalen. "As 1t is now
we have no real barometer 10 see
Mhss can be ione with these pen.
n ,1ie, 4
ssss bis advice TO women wh0 are
ssisidenly confronted by a. violent
- sex criminal Is this:
s.es Scream. A w0man'S best de.
s.saaefense is a scream As a rule, they
: ssacc easily frightened off, and 90
s--ss~tiines cat Of 100 they'll run.
-. But dent fight back or try to
:. -h0ld on 10 q man like that to keep
him from escaping. Rape or at
..--i2Ilapted rape carries n long prison
TERM, and man will kill 10 keep
from that Z