CLAIMS FELONS CAN BE CURED
Viennese Doctor Says He Can Recognize Criminal Traits, Effect Readjustment
LONDON, July 11 (UP).—A man who says he can recognize in a few minutes the type of person who is likely to commit crime, whether it be murder, robbery or suicide, and who claims he can cure that person of his criminal tendencies, has arrived in London to give a series of lectures.
He is Dr. Alfred Adler, psychologist, one of the famous Viennese trio—Freud, Jung and Adler.
"I know I can pick out criminals," he said, "and if I, an individual, can cure them, why should not the world organize and cure all criminals? From the beginning of mankind the world has never attempted to cure crime, but has only punished it. Now I believe that if we organized properly we could rid the world of virtually all crime."
The start must be made with the child, and the time will come when all school teachers will be trained psychologists, Dr. Adler believes.
"It is easy to pick out the child who is going to develop into a potential criminal, or suicide, or drunkard," he declared. "It is always the child who has no social interest, who shuts himself up in himself, and who develops imaginary grievances. He becomes the 'getting' type, and when he grows older what he can't get, he takes. A trained psychologist can put him right when he is a child. I myself have done it many times."
Fuente: «Claims Felons Can Be Cured. Viennese Doctor Says He Can Recognize Criminal Traits, Effect Readjustment», The Daily Argus, Mount Vernon (N.Y.), 11 de julio de 1936, despacho de la United Press (Londres), sin firma; la página no lleva número visible en el escaneo. Transcripción hecha sobre la imagen de la página en Fulton History (Mount Vernon NY Daily Argus 1936 - 3189), que es enteramente legible; el texto OCR de la plataforma es muy defectuoso y solo se usó como referencia. El mismo despacho apareció, según el inventario, en el Binghamton Press del 10 de julio de 1936 («All Criminals Can Be Cured, Says Doctor», sin el último párrafo), en el Rochester Times-Union (truncado) y en el Long Island Daily Press; no se han cotejado. Aunque el cable habla de su llegada a Londres, las declaraciones parecen proceder de las entrevistas londinenses de mayo-junio de 1936.