Probation and Criminal Justice. Edited by Sheldon Glueck, Professor of Criminology, Harvard Law School. New York:  The Macmillan Company. Pp.  344. Price $3.00.

This is another volume of the Harvard Law School Crime Survey which follows and may be said supplements one by the same author in collaboration with his wife, Dr. Eleanor Glueck, entitled “1,000 Delinquent Boys.”

In the latter volume, which received nation wide attention, the Gluecks summarized the results of a follow up investigation of 1,000 delinquent boys referred by the Juvenile Court of Boston to the Judge Baker Foundation during the five year period of 1917-1922. The rather disappointing statistical data [88.2 per cent continued their delinquency; 70 per cent of them were arrested an average of 3.6 times each, and two-thirds of them were sentenced for serious crimes, largely felonies] were interpreted by a number of commentators as “an evidence of failure of the juvenile courts, probation and Social Service in general.”

The same attitude has recently been reflected in the general press and demands that these methods of reformation be greatly curtailed or completely abolished have been advanced.

Members of the legal profession and representatives of the Depart-ftient of Justice have referred to probation and parole as aids to crime, recommended its curtailment, advocating instead more repressive measures in the treatment of “criminals.”

“Probation and Criminal Justice,” the volume under present review, is, therefore, timely and welcome because it discusses the subject of probation and parole broadly and exhaustively and offers many constructive suggestions whereby their value may be increased.

The book edited by Sheldon Glueck is made up of fifteen essays; each essay is written by a different contributor, who is an authority in his respective field so that the subject of probation and parole in this country as well as in England, France, Belgium and Germany is comprehensively discussed from various important angles.

The editor, Professor Sheldon Glueck, traces the development of probation and parole indicating the pitfalls to be avoided, desirable lines to follow, a