Recent Book: The Way Back: They All Come Out—Rehabilitation of the Ex-Criminal
| Date | 01 July 1965 |
| Published date | 01 July 1965 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6503800707 |
| Author | Philo |
| Subject Matter | Recent Book |
task. The Police Service (and one
imagines the whole of the legal pro-
fession) are constantly in their debt
for producing what is easily the most
useful and widely used text-book in
the Service.
The occasions are very rare when a
policeman is unable to find some assist-
ance with his problems within itspages,
which is
not
surprising when it is
realized that virtually the whole of the
criminal law and of summary practice
and procedure are condensed into its
two volumes.
The 1965 edition is substantially
similar in arrangement to its predeces-
sors, except
that
appendix VII con-
taining emergency legislation (which
has appearedinevery edition since1939)
has been dispensed with as a result of
the opportunity provided by the
Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and
Repeals) Act, 1964 and the repeal of
certain Defence Regulations.
The flood of legislation of recent
years continued in 1964, to the dismay
of police officers who must feel that
they never will keep abreast of the law.
All these changes in the law have been
noted in this new edition so that it is
more than ever important to have
access to this edition.
It
will be re-
membered that much of the law relat-
ing to liquor licensing was consolidated
in 1964, in a new Licensing Act and
Stone contains the text of this. Other
statutes which have been noted in
Stone are the Refreshment Houses Act,
1964, which seeks to curtail the activi-
ties of
"clip-joints";
the Betting,
Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1964, a
short Act which remedies some of the
defects which have become apparent
in the consolidating statute of the
previous year; the Obscene Publica-
tions Act, 1964, which closes the loop-
holes in the law disclosed by recent
judicial decisions; the Scrap Metal
Dealers Act, 1964, which repeals the
older statutes on the subject and makes
new provision for the registration of
dealers and the control of their
business transactions; the Drugs
(Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1964,
which, among other things, penalizes
the authorized possession
of
drugs of
the"
purple
heart"
type; the Police
Act, 1964, which has made so many
far-reaching changes in the organiza-
tion and administration of police
forces; and a great many others.
Much important subordinate legis-
lation, too, was enacted in 1964, and
of the measures given in Stone the
most noteworthy are two consolidating
instruments, the
Road
Vehicles Light-
ing Regulations, 1964, and the
Road
Vehicles (Registration and Licensing)
Regulations, 1964.
As in previous years, the editors
have included an appendix containing
enactments
not
yet in force and those
which appeared too late for inclusion
in the body of this work, a most useful
device.
The text has been increased by 85
pages to 3,500, no doubt as a result of
the new legislation. The price has been
increased too, but even £6 15s. is not
too much to pay for this miniature
law library. J.
DANIEL
DEVLIN
THE
WAY BACK
G. M. F.
BISHOP:
They
All
Come
Out-Rehabilitation
of
the Ex-Criminal.
Allen &Unwin. 18s.
Is there anyone in the country who glossary
just
quoted exemplify her
needs to be told
that
"doing
time"
method: she leaves nothing to chance
means
"doing
aprison
sentence"
and goes to endless pains to explain
and
that
a "
fence"
is " one who gets clearly and simply what experiences
rid of stolen
goods"?
The
author
of the discharged prisoner has been
this
book
thinks that there is; but through and what problems face him
disagreement on this point does
not
on release. Early chapters describe
detract from approval of this little book, prisons and prisoners; then the
author
which -is well suited to its purpose. examines the stresses which a prisoner
Mrs. Bishop, a magistrate of con- has to withstand whilst serving his
siderable experience, believes that the sentence and on release, and ends by
rehabilitation of discharged prisoners making a powerful plea for a new
depends in large
part
on the way in
approach-"
It
could be different."
which they are treated by the general Typical of the author's sensible and
public. She believes
that
it is largely balanced approach is her treatment of
through ignorance
that
the general
C.l.D.
checks on ex-prisoners. She
public is failing to meet its responsi- explains how such visits can be em-
bilities; and she sets out to cure this barrassing to ex-prisoners who are
ignorance. The extracts from the trying to go straight, and how they can
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