Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders. New Zealand. Committee of Inquiry into Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      Table of Contents

       PART I.—INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL.

       Section 1.—Origin and Scope of Inquiry.

       Section 2.—Two Distinct Questions.

       PART II.—PROBLEM OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED.

       Section 1.—A Menace to Modern Civilization.

       Section 2.—Heredity v. Environment.

       Section 3.—Illustrative Cases of Hereditary Degeneracy.

       Section 4.—Elements of the Problem.

       Section 5.—Estimates as to Numbers of Mental Defectives.

       Section 6.—Study of Feeble-minded and Delinquent Children.

       Section 7.—Method of dealing With Mental Defectives in New Zealand.

       Section 8.—Children's Courts.

       Section 9.—Policy for the Future.

       Section 10.—The Question of Sterilization.

       Section 11.—Segregation.

       Section 12.—The Question of Expense.

       Section 13.—Immigration.

       Section 14.-summary of Findings and Recommendations.

       PART III.—SEXUAL OFFENDERS.

       Section 1.—Scope and Origin of the Inquiry.

       Section 2.—Seriousness of the Evil.

       Section 3.—Types of Offences.

       Section 4.—Suggested Remedies.

       Section 5.—Scientific Treatment and Segregation with Indeterminate Sentence.

       Section 6.—Summary of Recommendations.

       APPENDIX.

       PAST MISTAKES IN IMMIGRATION.

       THE HEALTH OF SCHOOL-CHILDREN.

       Extract from the Report of the Director of the Division of School Hygiene, 1924.

       SEXUAL OFFENDERS IN NEW ZEALAND.

       SOME ILLUSTRATIVE HISTORIES.