Greater professional cohesion among social workers and psychiatrists in dealing with crime and delinquency was credited today by an American expert as one of the reasons for Israel’s achievements in dealing with such problems.
Professor W.C. Reckless of Ohio State University told the International Criminological Seminar here that in developed countries such as the United States, Britain and Sweden, science seemed powerless to halt crime and delinquency. He said one reason might be that social scientists and professionals in those countries each worked in isolation in their own areas, in contrast to the situation in Israel.
The three-week seminar is devoted to the cause and prevention of crime in developing countries. It is the twelfth under the auspices of the International Society of Criminology, an international society with 500 member which has consultative status at the United Nations.
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