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A Pioneer in Criminology: Notes on the Work of James Bruce Thomson, of Perth. (Trans. Perthshire Soc. of Natural Science, vol. v, Pt. 4, Dec, 1912.) Lyell, J. H.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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Part II.—Epitome of Current Literature
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1913 

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(1) “It seems to be generally accepted,” says Dr. Quinton in his book on Crime and Criminals (1910), “that a person who deliberately adopts crime as his profession, and earns his living by it, is to all intents and purposes a moral incurable, whom the criminal law cannot either reform or deter from crime” (p. 75).Google Scholar

(2) Archives d'Anthropologie Criminelle, 1905.Google Scholar

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