Excerpt from Heredity Christian Problems Less knowledge but more careful study of the pupil. Formerly the world asked, What do these teachers know about arithmetic, grammar, geography, etc.? But now the inquiry is also, What do these teachers know about children? In the same way, all that belongs to the sphere of penology has undergone a radical transforma tion. The old theories were that the offender was an object of vengeance, and that it was the duty of government merely to protect itself and punish law-breakers; but ...
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Excerpt from Heredity Christian Problems Less knowledge but more careful study of the pupil. Formerly the world asked, What do these teachers know about arithmetic, grammar, geography, etc.? But now the inquiry is also, What do these teachers know about children? In the same way, all that belongs to the sphere of penology has undergone a radical transforma tion. The old theories were that the offender was an object of vengeance, and that it was the duty of government merely to protect itself and punish law-breakers; but the new teaching is that no criminal ceases to be a man, and that government is charged not only with the pro tection of its citizens but also with the salvation of its offenders. This teaching is yet only dimly realized, and is still vigorously denounced by many who have not fully grasped the teachings of Christ; but it is steadily making headway, and it cannot be long before the redemptive duties of government will be better appreciated. In order that that duty may be properly discharged, the criminal classes must be carefully studied in themselves. What are these men in their essen tial nature? What tendencies are in them? Where did their tendencies come from? What forces are at work upon them? No man is fit to make laws for criminal classes that has not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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