The Three Pests of a Community--I. Forms of Punishment and Torture--More
Crimes Committed than Prevented by Governments--II. Are not Vices
transmitted by Nature?--111. Is it Possible for all People to be
Honest?--Children of Vice as the natural Product of Society--Statistics:
the Relation between Insanity, Pauperism, and Crime--IV. The Martyrs of
Vice--Franklin's Interest in the Treatment of Prisoners--V. Kindness
as a Remedy--Condition of the Discharged Prisoner--VI. Compensation
for Convicts--VII. Professional Criminals--Shall the Nation take
Life?--Influence of Public Executions on the Spectators--Lynchers
for the Most Part Criminals at Heart--VIII. The Poverty of the Many a
perpetual Menace--Limitations of Land-holding.--IX. Defective Education
by our Schools--Hands should be educated as well as Head--Conduct
improved by a clearer Perception of Consequences--X. The Discipline of
the average Prison Hardening and Degrading--While Society cringes before
Great Thieves there will be Little Ones to fill the Jails--XI. Our
Ignorance Should make us Hesitate.