The first duty of the criminologist is to probe to the cardinal causes for a given type of criminal. Doing it, he will uncover the fact that aside from the congenital thief--who thieves as naturally as his more polished prototype mulcts agreeably with man-struck statutes--the average criminal commonly consummates in effect to help whirl the treadmills of parasitic sporting mongers. He is the pawn sacrificed in the all-comprehensive predal game. His the lay to go out and "get the goods," somewhere, anyway; theirs to induce him to stake his loot against odds that are unbeatable at long play. He takes all of the chances coming and going; but since he is a generous and constant provider, nimble-fingered and witted gentry pass some little of coin to grease his going, and to "stake" him, fresh from durance for having waxed a bit too bold while operating out of the domain of comparative immunity. In big cities, the "bull" usually gets him only when he bungles. In any case it is "Easy come, easy go" with the criminal, both as to the gelt he gets and his punishment for getting it the way he gets it; and so, while plying their nefarious tools, all types of criminals play both ends against the established social order. The marauding type figure, for instance, that it is clever business to crack a man on the cranium, relieve him of a money satchel containing a small fortune, "plant" the fortune, then if caught and convicted, loll around a prison for a few months; and it is "clever" as seen from the criminal's point of view, however asinine it may be from the viewpoint of deterring him. Right here hides "the nigger in the woodpile": the thief is sentenced merely to serve time, without regard for restitution of that which he had stolen. In many cases the time served is little more than "sleepin' time" the which he jeeringly dubs it; and in no case does it cover the question of equity. What actual redress has a man for the loss of thousands of dollars, in the imprisonment of a malefactor, no matter how long his term of imprisonment runs? What the deterrence in a comparatively short prison term that leaves the prisoner with a firm grip on his bundle of loot? What expect other than that certain types of men will gladly dare issues written to their hands, hearts, and natural predilections? Why wouldn't such go after what they want with murderous tools? How repress the criminal by bidding for him, and how deter him through laying odds in his favor that are close to prohibitive as against society? Where the sense in penal procedure that puts a premium, both in and out of prison, on the won't-work criminal rounder, and blisters the itinerant who does no worse than hawk harmless wares? Why, on the one hand, tempt cupidity, and on the other hand, tax honesty? And if, as an individual, you will have it that way, why feel peeved about it, shall an automatic be shoved against your stomach as a raucous voice bites off the command, "Cough up the coin?"