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The Morbid Psychology of Criminals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

David Nicolson
David Nicolson*
Affiliation:
Her Majesty's Convict Prison, Portsmouth
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We have seen that Simple mental weakness, the first form of weakmindedness, is neither more nor less than a want of mind, in some degree. In it the higher emotions are blunt, perception is dull, and all the processes are backward or sluggish.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 21 , Issue 93 , April 1875 , pp. 18 - 31
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1875 

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∗ See a Paper on the Mortality among Prisoners, Brit, and For. Med. Chirl. Review for July, 1872.Google Scholar

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