This volume contains thirteen articles written by lawyers, psychiatrists, psychologists, professors of philosophy and of sociology. From some of the articles the reader can gather interesting and valuable information on the subject matter of crime and insanity. The contributions by Davidson, Sobeloff, Weihofen, and Eaton deserve particular mention. In other articles the emphasis is more on the author's favorite sociological, philosophical, or moral theories than on a discussion of crime and insanity. Some of the authors use psychoanalytic theory, yet there is no explicit presentation of psychoanalytic thinking on crime. Although in a number of articles the emphasis is on the philosophy of criminal law, there is not even a reference to the extensive European literature on this subject. One wonders what purpose collections of articles such as this one can serve. For the serious student of the problem the book is too superficial; the lay reader is likely to be confused by so many different points of view.