In our present society people tend to despise crime and cherish justice, though crime remains to be a widespread humiliation and an international dilemma. Our prevailing methods for confronting crime are inefficient, unfair and too costly; our prisons are known to be in very harsh and hazardous conditions for the prisoners, but the question to be asked here is "who cares?" From time to time somebody calls for a change in the system, just as Menniger did. They call that the circumstances are serious, and that something has to be done. But their calls mostly go unheard. Are their steps...
what happens to the criminals an since most of have no knowledge in psychiatry we would lose our rights in stating our opinions in these matters.

What seems to Lewis's biggest concern though is the humanitarian theories endless standard. That he could be shut up for a very long time on the bases that he committed a very mild crime and has not been yet cured. He believes the humanitarian theory to be a bad theory and that punishment would be the better was to mend a criminal though psychiatrist should still have a role in dealing with criminals.