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...Glueck concludes the book with some suggestions as to the management of the Reformatories to make their work more successful...
...Glueck explained the work performed on this book and the purpose of the survey which was made, when questioned yesterday by a CRIMSON reporter. This is, he said, the first attempt ever made to trace the subsequent careers of criminals after their incarceration. The statement had been made and generally accepted that when criminals had served their terms and were let loose, approximately 80 per cent of them went the straight and narrow path thenceforth. But Glueck went into the matter in detail. He looked into every corner of the lives of 500 criminals at four stages in their careers...
...Glueck's statistics, when compounded, formed the basis for this book. The figures prove that instead of 80 per cent of these criminals leading pacific lives after the Reformatory confinement, the reverse was true, and that 80 per cent continued in the paths they had set out upon...
...task of compiling these statistics was done with great thoroughness. The resulting figures are, therefore, the last word in actual facts upon this subject which has caused much discussion. They are, furthermore, of the utmost importance in another line. For by these figures, Glueck has determined about eight factors which may be used as a prognostic table to tell what the probability of a criminal's leading a law-abiding life in the future will be. Hitherto, the type of crime committed, whether major or minor, has been one of the largest considerations in the giving of a sentence...
...Glueck's hope is that he can at least start some discussion on his proposed system, and possibly have it tried tentatively though not adhered to too rigidly. If this survey has the effect which seems likely, there may be revolutionary changes in the systems now employed...