The problem of the mentally retarded offender is small in numbers and large in significance. It concerns the overlap of two major as pects of the human condition, behavior and intelligence-an over lap where the unthinking, unfeeling reaction is to castigate the doubly handicapped individuals as both stupid and bad. And yet, as a civilization we can be measured by our response to these unfor tunates.
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