SCIENCE AND CRIME.
Scientific training and research in crime detection are to become university activities for the first time in the United States in February, when a special school and laboratory for the purpose will be opened at North-Western University, Chicago. Endowed by contributions collected mainly from business men in Chicago, the new institution will have a staff of nine crime experts, who will be assisted by specialists from the psychology, law and other departments of the university. Selected police officers will be trained in modem methods of crime detection, and the laboratory staff will undertake research investigation in collaboration with police authorities. Since the new institution is intended, primarily, to meet local needs, Chicago police will not be required to pay for tuition, nor the Chicago authorities for laboratory services. Training and laboratory services will, however, be available for pupils and public bodies outside the Chicago area, and for this work fees will be charged. Colonel Calvin Goddard, an experienced crime and ballistics expert, is in charge of the new school. It is his opinion that Europe is far ahead of the United States in the technique of scientific crime detection. He proposes to encourage the study of European methods, and to adapt and develop them for effective use in the United States.
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