14 NOVEMBER 1952, page 16

Sir,—there Is Urgent Need For A More Enlightened Public...

on the problem of the juvenile criminal. Letters of the type written by Mr. A. B. _Morley in the Spectator (November 7th) clearly reveal this need. To suggest physical......

Sir,—the Average Citizen Finds It Hard To Understand The...

anxiety of sentimentalists to rank the " reformation ' of the thug higher than the necessity to protect the innocent members of the community— almost always the young or the......

Letters To The Editor

Crime and Punishment SIR,—The country is now about equally divided into coshables and uncoshables. The coshables are single women, old men and small shop-keepers who live in the......

"attlee And Bevan"

SIR, — One can appreciate the Rev. Mervyn Stockwood's desire to be tolerant by a "purely personal approach" to his subject, but a woolly tolerance that confuses the purely......