. Mental defectives in Virginia: a special report of the State board of charities and corrections to the General assembly of nineteen sixteen on weak-mindedness in the state of Virginia, together with a plan for the training, segregation and prevention of the procreation of the feeble-minded. s a child with the stature and passions of a man. His heredityis bad, his personal and criminal history show that he is habitually anti-social, that he has never been able to take care of himself, and will burdenthe community as long as he lives, either in jail, the penitentiary, or someother institution
. Mental defectives in Virginia: a special report of the State board of charities and corrections to the General assembly of nineteen sixteen on weak-mindedness in the state of Virginia, together with a plan for the training, segregation and prevention of the procreation of the feeble-minded. s a child with the stature and passions of a man. His heredityis bad, his personal and criminal history show that he is habitually anti-social, that he has never been able to take care of himself, and will burdenthe community as long as he lives, either in jail, the penitentiary, or someother institution supported by the taxpayer. His record in police courtand jail shows that he is costing the taxpayer annually, as follows: . In uncollected fines $ Maintenance in jail Economic loss of time (idle in jail) Total $327. 50 Assuming that this is a fair average for the eleven years during whichhe has been coming in contact with the law, the total cost for the periodwould be $3, Had the boy of seventeen come into contact with the right kind of insti-tution upon his initial experience in delinquency all this could have beensaved. If the man of twenty-eight is not taken in charge by the State andsent to a proper institution the cost will continue to mount up. In an in-.
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