Healey's Instruction Box 



This wooden box is modeled after the 

 principles of a safe. Oral instruc- 

 tions are given as to the method of 

 opening the door. This can be accom- 

 plished only if the steps in the procedure 

 are accurately followed, one after the 

 other. Mechanical manipulation, 

 memory, and the ability to follow in- 

 structions are involved in the per- 

 formance of this test. It may also be 

 suggestive as regards the vocational 

 aptitudes of the subject being tested 



A YOUNG man of eighteen and a com- 

 panion entered a tenement building. 

 They seemed to be peddlers. They knocked 

 at a door and entered a flat. Within was an 

 old man, confined to a chair, helpless, and 

 stone blind. One of the two peered 

 about to find out if the old man 

 was really alone. The other — the 

 eighteen-year-old youth — took a 

 hammer and knocked the old man 

 senseless. Then the Hat was looted. 

 The two robbers were caught 

 as they fled. 



Why was such violence nec- 

 essary? Couldn't the blind 

 old man have been restrained 

 without cruelly beating 

 him ? These are the ques 

 tions of any normal, intel 



What Makes a Criminal? 



Reaching the minds of those 

 who habitually rob and kill 



By Dr. L. E. Bisch 



Dr. Bisch is one of the leading authorities on abnormal 

 psychology in this country. He occupied a chair in Columbia 

 University. His work in connection with the establishment 

 of the psychopathic police laboratory of New York city is we'.l 

 known. He is now on his way to France in order to study 

 for the Government the psychological effects of war on our 

 soldiers. — Editor. 



ligent being. But these two criminals were not normal. 

 At the Psychopathic Laboratory of New York Police 

 Headquarters the eighteen-year-old thief was found 

 to be mentally about six years old. And that is why he 

 used violence when violence was unnecessary. 



Hundreds upon hundreds of such criminals are 

 arrested each year. In New York city alone it has 

 been estimated roughly that each day there fall into 

 the hands of the police between twenty-five and thirty 

 persons who are mentally below the normal to such 

 an extent that they should be examined 

 by experts and placed in proper institutions 

 for life. Only thus can society ever rid 

 itself of a tremendous burden of crime. 



No Hope for the Feeble-Minded 



Feeble-minded individuals never were 

 normal and never will be normal. 

 All are potential criminals. Be- 

 cause they cannot reason, because 

 they have no moral stan- 

 dards, because they 

 cannot conduct them- 

 selves like respec- 

 table members of 

 the community, 

 they fall an 

 easy prey to 

 dishonest 

 minds. What 



The Mirror-Drawing Test for Accuracy 



The subject is asked to trace a design which he cannot see directly because of the cardboard placed between his e"C3 

 and the design but which he can see very clearly by means of its reflection in the mirror. Here "practise makes 

 perfect." The test in general reveals the subject's learning ability and brings to Jight many special characteristics 



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