21 NOVEMBER 1952, page 30

Crime And Punishment

Snt,—Mr. R. J. Lorimer's analysis of the causes of juvenile criminality and his suggestions for curbing it will not bring much comfort to the coshables because his remedies can......

" America's Choice" Ste,—the Two Questions Raised In The...

article in the Spectator of November 7th are answered in the title: " America's Choice." I find another answer in the opening lines. I sought for a word, the right word, to be......

Sia,—there Seems To Be Something Strangely Unreal About...

correspondence on " crime and . punishment ": the disputants seem to be writing at cross-purposes. The idealistic reformers (otherwise called sentimentalists) point out,......

Sir, —we Who Oppose Flogging Are Dubbed " Sentimentalists...

those whose fear and emotion preclude wise judgement. Sound laws are born not of emotion and fear but of objective reasoning, in the light of which flogging must be considered.......