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Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health

New Zealand. Committee of Inquiry into Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders· 6 chapters· 26,672 words

Section 1.--=Origin and Scope of Inquiry=: Mental Deficiency, Increase of; North Canterbury Hospital Board and others suggest Inquiry; Committee, Personnel; Nature of Inquiry; Places visited and inspected; Sittings, Date and Place of; Witnesses examined, and Work done; Appreci...

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5. PART II.--PROBLEM OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED.

The Committee are of opinion that the unrestricted multiplication of feeble-minded members of the community is a most serious menace to the future welfare and happiness of the D...

6. PART III.--SEXUAL OFFENDERS.

The second section of the order of reference requires the Committee "To inquire and report as to the necessity for the care and treatment of mental degenerates and persons charg...

4. PART I.--INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL.

For a considerable time there has been a growing feeling of anxiety among the public owing to the number of mental defectives becoming a charge upon the State, and also the alar...

2. PART II.--PROBLEM OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED.

Section 2.--=Heredity= _v._ =Environment=: Genetics and Heredity; Heredity and Environment, Aspects reviewed; Degenerate Families, Life-histories; Dr. Macgregor, Deductions from...

3. PART III.--SEXUAL OFFENDERS.

APPENDIX.--=Past Mistakes in Immigration=: Extract from Report on Hospitals and Charitable Institutions of the Colony, 1888, by the late Dr. Macgregor, Inspector-General. =The H...

1. PART I.--INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL. PAGE

Section 1.--=Origin and Scope of Inquiry=: Mental Deficiency, Increase of; North Canterbury Hospital Board and others suggest Inquiry; Committee, Personnel; Nature of Inquiry; P...