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_Causes and Cures of Crime._--Thomas Speed Mosby. C. V. Mosby Co., St.
Louis, 1913. Pp. 354.
Because the “cost of crime in the United States now amounts to
one-third the total cost of the Government, and because the burden
is yearly increasing”, Mr. Mosby has made a careful compendium of
the statements of many authorities, including his own opinions, on
the subject of the book. The reader finds the little volume a useful
manual. Etiology, prophylaxis, and therapeutics are the logical
divisions of the subject. The specialist will find little that is new;
the student will be grateful to Mr. Mosby for getting so much together
in available form. Like most writers of today, the author has little
use for the traditional penitentiary system. The book is not a quick,
hastily-compiled potpourri of what other people happen to say; it is
a carefully selected collection of material that we all want to have
handy. And what Mr. Mosby himself contributes is not a small part of
the product.