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12. Reform of criminal procedure in the United States. (Annals, vol. lii, pages 102-107.)

13. The county jail. (Queen, The Passing of the County Jail.)

14. Crime prevention from the standpoint of the police. (Woods, Crime Prevention; Lewis, The Offender, part ii, chapter ii; Annals, vol. lii, pages 56-60.)

15. Overcrowding in its relation to crime. (Riis, The Battle with the Slum; Addams, The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets.)

16. Juvenile crime. (Mangold, Problems of Child Welfare, Part V.)

17. The Junior Republic. (George, The Junior Republic.)

18. The work of Judge Ben Lindsay of Denver. (Consult an encyclopedia.)

19. The legal aid society. (Smith, Justice and the Poor, part iii.)

20. The Public Defender. (Smith, Justice and the Poor, pages 105- 130.)

21. Probation and parole. (Lewis, The Offender, part i, chapter v.)

22. The Jukes. (Dugdale, The Jukes.)

23. The Kallikak family. (Goddard, The Kallikak Family.)

24. The criminal theories of Lombroso. (Consult an encyclopedia.)

25. Modern prison systems. (Henderson, Modern Prison Systems. Individual students may be assigned to the study of the prison systems of particular countries.)

26. Industrial training in prison. (Lewis, The Offender, part i, chapters x and xii; Annals, vol. xlvi.)

27. The discharged convict. (Booth, After Prison, What?)

FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION

28. Is crime increasing in the United States?

29. The practicability of the indeterminate sentence.

30. Should capital punishment be abolished?

31. Advantages and disadvantages of the "honor system" in prison.

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