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Most of the books in Hans Toch’s library are heavily marked up. This makes them worthless monetarily, but a treasure to see what he considered significant in the many classics in his library, including many written by his former students.

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TREATING THE "UNTREATABLE" Chronic Criminals at Herstedvester

MAY CONTAIN MARKUP

Georg K. Stürup

FROM THE PREFACE: “We like to believe that most of our actions are voluntary and we try to distinguish sharply between what is done voluntarily and that which we do by coercion under pressure. However anyone working with criminals detained behind high walls for the protection of society soon comes to realize that the difference between what is done voluntarily and what is done under pressure is not very clear. For many years I have wanted to write a description of what has been done in the Herstedvester Detention Centre since I became its superintendent in 1942; several times I have started but for lack of time have been unable to finish….”

Baltimore. Johns Hopkins Press. 1968. 286p.

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