TY - JOUR
AU1 - George K. Pratt
AB -  us also a picture in longitudinal section of the growth and changes in social thinking. This has been accomplished throughout with a commendable and highly unusual objectivity. It is difficult, as one reads this book, to draw conclusions as to what may be the author's personal views, and since Social Control of the Mentally Defi- he has not set out to prove anything, cient-By Stanley P. Davies, Ph.D. but only to record, this lack of emoNew York: Crowell, 1930. 408 pp. tional bias gives the book a noteworthy 12 ill. Price, $3.00. standing. Health officers, nurses, physicians, soOnce every so often-but unhappily not often enough-a truly monumental cial workers, students of psycho!ogy, book flashes across the horizon of our and others, cannot afford to ignore Sotimes. This is one of those volumes, cial Control of the Mentally Deficient. although the reviewer is convinced that Dr. Frankwood E. Williams has written this book will not flash transiently, but a foreword in which he states: " It is a will remain for many years a classic in book that is of more value for the stuits field. dent of the social aspects of mental deHere is a portrayal of the 
TI - Social Control of the Mentally Deficient
JF - American Journal of Public Health
DA - 1930-08-01
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VL - 20
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -