THE REV. J. L. A. KAYLL, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION.

CONTENTS

Chapter I. INTRODUCTION.

Chapter II. THE CRIMINAL.

Chapter III. THE CAUSES OF CRIME.

Chapter IV. THE MANNER AND PHILOSOPHY OF PUNISHMENT.

Chapter V. ELIMINATION DR. CHAPPLE'S PROPOSAL.

Chapter VI. THE OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIETY TOWARDS THE WEAK.

Chapter VII. THE NEW PENOLOGY.

Chapter VIII. THE PREVENTION OF CRIME.

Chapter IX. SOME AMERICAN EXPERIMENTS; THE PROBATION SYSTEM. THE ELMIRA SYSTEM.

Chapter X. CONCLUSION.

DEDICATED
TO MANY KIND FRIENDS.

A PLEA FOR THE CRIMINAL.

BEING A REPLY TO DR. CHAPPLE'S WORK:
"THE FERTILITY OF THE UNFIT,"

AND

AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THE LEADING
PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINOLOGICAL &
REFORMATORY SCIENCE.

By