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7 Prison J. 1 (1927)

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  VOLUME VII,   No. 1                        JANUARY,   1927
                             THE


     PRISON JOURNAL
            DEVOTED  TO THE  SCIENCE OF PENOLOGY
                      Published Quarterly by
           THE  PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY
                        (Organized 1787)
               311 South Juniper St., Philadelphia, Pa.

This Number  (Fifteen Cents)                 Fifty Cents a Year


            THE  AMERICAN PRISON ASSOCIATION
    The 56th Annual Meeting of the American Prison Association was
held in Pittsburgh, October 15 to 21. It was noteworthy for the
Variety of topics treated and for the presence and participation of
men  and women who have had much  experience in dealing with crime
and criminals. Forty-one of the states were represented. The num-
ber of delegates and members, as given on the official roster, was 452.
    The President, Sanford Bates, of Boston, in the Annual Address,
called attention to the problems now confronting thoughtful penolo-
gists.
    The American Prison Association is a unique organization. Since
its inception in 1870, with the exception of the year 1918, it has held
a Congress every year for the intervening fifty-six years. It meets
not alone for fellowship and entertainment; 'its members gather not
to devise methods of increasing production or furthering their business
hiterests. From  its very beginning the purpose of the American
Prison Association has been to increase the effectiveness and useful-
ness of its constituency as important agents in social imprisonment.
    Crime is an undesirable thing. The United States of America has
altogether too much of it. The ordinary American Citizen easily be-
comes impatient with crimes that other people commit and he naturally
seeks some short and easy method for reducing the hazards to his life
and property. Swift and sure punishment is the slogan that ripples
most easily off the tongue of the average citizen, as the sure cure for

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