Revival: The Psychology of the Criminal (1933)

<p>This book is based upon twenty-three years experience in local and convict prisons and more particularly upon the work done during the past three years with offenders from Courts in Birmingham and the adjacent districts.</p><p>The main object is to demonstrate how important is the throrough examination of the individual offender especially in regard to his mentality. It is only by a great extension of this line of investigation that we can hope to solve the problems which criminality presents.</p><p>A considerable part of the book is devoted to that new development of psychology which is known as psycho-analysis and to the possible applications thereof to the investigation and treatment of offenders. The book includes a brief description of the theory and technique of psycho-analysis so that the reader may not have to look elsewhere for an explanation of technical terms.</p>