Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 148, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1929 — Page 7

' OCT. 31, 1929.

MANY PUSHED INTO CRIME BY FATPSQUIRKS Noted Sociologist Declares No Man Is Absolute Master of Destiny. This la the aacond .1 t aeries by Professor Harry Elmer Barnea, noted soelolorlat, on what la wrong with .America's prisons and Its orison population. BY HARRY ELMER BARNES Medicine once was based upon the theory that disease was caused by a curse of God or by an Improper mixture of the four humors: Blood, phlegm and black and white bile, which were assumed to make up our bodily constitution. So long as this theory prevailed, the unfortunate patient lived in spite of, rather that because of, the doctor. It was only after physicians began to understand disorders, and had traced their causes, that the practice of medicine became a reputable science. Thousands of doctors now are prepared to correct our physical shortcomings. But we have yet to develop a school of practitioners capable of correcting our moral shortcomings. Society’s criminal procedure has failed, primarily because it, as well as penal administrations, are based upon the wrong premise. Courts and prisons hold that all ! men are essentially alike; that all are capable of distinguishing between right and wrong; and that every one is completely free to choose his mode of conduct. They do not take into consideration his equipment at birth or his opportunities thereafter. Departs From Fact It is contended, for instance, that when any girl enters a department j store she is fully free to decide whether she will pay cash for a prized article, or will resort to shop- j lifting. According to this view of human ' action, the criminal is the person j who wilfully and arbitrarily decides j to do evil. In all cases, he is ab- ; solutely free to lead a law-abiding | career. The above Interpretation of human conduct is as divergent from well-established scientific fact as medieval astrology and alchemy, in company of which it made its ap- j pearance. We now recognize that the behavior of each human being is the result of his equipment at birth, in- j fluenced by his experiences and opportunities throughout life. Tell us where a man came from I in his line of descent; tell us where j he has been, and it is possible to j tell you where he is going. At least, it is possible to tell you which way he is headed. There are exceptions, of course. No Man Is Master Behavior is the outcome of a long line of antecedent circumstances. In this accident, both of heredity and environment, plays a large part. No man is the absolute master of his own destiny. He is affected by condition over which he has no control. One boy. defective In body, the offspring of feeble-mindedness, is born in the slums. Another boy, robust, a descendent of genius, is born in a good house in a good neighborhood. The suggestion that the child of j the slums does not have as good a chance as the child of better parentage is by no means based on snobbery. It is based on scientific fact. We shall not discuss here which is more important, heredity or environment. The answer can be discovered for individual cases only through lotig and patient examination. Menace to Society The criminal is one whose heredity, environment, or both, inevitably led him to commit acts which are adjudged to be against the interests of society. He is a menace to humanity. But he is no more respon- j sible for his actions than is the ! missionary or the philanthropist 1 whose duty it was to save him from j himself. To punish him on the ground J that he has voluntary wronged society is as foolish as it would be to penalize him for contracting scarlet fever. However intense and natural our Indignation against his deed, we must calmly recognize that had we possed opportunities no better than j his, we might have done as he did. Yet we can not ignore facts harmful to society. For public protection, the criminal must be caught and studied. Only when the origins and causes of his criminality are laid bare can treatment be applied with; intelligence. The results of this treatment will determine whether he is to be segregated permanently, or whether he is to be restored to good standing in society. v Next: Dr. Barnes will discuss “Punishment or Scientific Treatment in Handling Criminals.” Airplane service in the interior of Alaska has cut the time to make the trip from Fairbanks to Llvengood from fifty hours to fifty minutes.

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