Disease and Crime
Chattanooga, Tenn., is one of the first American cities to
officially recognize certain social diseases as a prime factor in crime, and as
a result every person arrested on a charge which might warrant the assumption
is examined by an official of the United States Public Health Service before
going to trial.
If the prisoner is found to be infected with certain
diseases, the trial court judge is acquainted with the fact, and in passing
judgment directs the person to be treated while in jail, or paroles him for
treatment at one of the free clinics.
Ninety percent of the prisoners examined were found to be
suffering with social diseases.
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