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title: 'Crime: Its Cause and Cure'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Enoch Cobb Wines'
date: 1878-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Ethics (General)'
- 'Social Issues'
- 'Science'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 3'
- 'Psalms 51'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wines-1878-crime-its-cause-and-cure
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# Crime: Its Cause and Cure

Summarizes Dr. Prosper Despine’s psychological study of criminals, arguing crime stems from moral deficits—absence of conscience and weak moral sentiments, often hereditary.

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