Crime: Its Cause and Treatment

Project Gutenberg's Crime: Its Cause and Treatment, by Clarence Darrow This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Crime: Its Cause and Treatment Author: Clarence Darrow Release Date: April 14, 2004 [EBook #12027] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CRIME: ITS CAUSE AND TREATMENT *** Produced by Steven desJardins and Distributed Proofreaders CRIME ITS CAUSE AND TREATMENT BY CLARENCE DARROW 1922 CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER I.—WHAT IS CRIME? CHAPTER II.—PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT CHAPTER III.—RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIME CHAPTER IV.—ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER V.—ADJUSTING HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER VI.—PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT CHAPTER VII.—THE CRIMINAL CHAPTER VIII.—THE FEMALE CRIMINAL CHAPTER IX.—THE JUVENILE CRIMINAL CHAPTER X.—HOMICIDE CHAPTER XI.—SEX CRIMES CHAPTER XII.—ROBBERY AND BURGLARY CHAPTER XIII.—MAN AS A PREDATORY ANIMAL CHAPTER XIV.—CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY CHAPTER XV.—ATTITUDE OF THE CRIMINAL CHAPTER XVI.—THE LAW AND THE CRIMINAL CHAPTER XVII.—REPEALING LAWS CHAPTER XVIII.—IS CRIME INCREASING? CHAPTER XIX.—MEDICAL EXPERTS CHAPTER XX.—PUNISHMENT CHAPTER XXI.—EFFECT OF PUNISHMENT ON OTHERS CHAPTER XXII.—EVOLUTION OF PUNISHMENT CHAPTER XXIII.—CAPITAL PUNISHMENT CHAPTER XXIV.