and so it is. And with all hor qualifications she is not afraid, in this day and age of psychoanalytic fad-ism, to state, "We don't know."

This is not a cold, clinical collection of case historios. Loo Steiner shows raro warmth and understanding, and no more so than in Chapter 7, "What Is a Sox Delinquent?" Although sho admits, to her credit, that what is known about homosexuality is monger, sho takes pains to evaluate the cases presented in this chapter in a scrupulously objective, but empathetic, manner. And, though she states at one point that it is her olinical observation that "most homosexuals would prefer to be heterosexual," she is also honest onough to romark that "We (sic) have no really validated data to show that homosexuality in itself is either abnormal or hermful. Wo don't know the meaning of homoseuality either genetically or psychiatrically." In the samo

vein Mrs. Steiner writes that she does not consider homosexuality a perversion and as a scientist does not know any valid source on which to draw for such a conclusion. On the other hand, it is only fair to noto that while able to make the above statements, she also remarked, in discussing one of the cases presented, that if the boy were her own she would make every possible attempt to steer him in the direction of heterosexuality.

Throughout this chapter, as well as others, the inadequacies and inequalities of existing laws governing sexual delinquents are shockingly apparent. Mrs. Steiner pulls no punches in this area; nor does sho ignore the fact that those most concerned with administering those laws fairly and with understanding tho Judges, hearing officers, probation officers, social workers, eto. are often abysmally ignorant of the most basic non-legal and/or psychological facts concerning the individuals involvod, especially whore homosexuality is concerned. At most, the probation offioor has mado some attempt at an "environmental" study of the assumption that comehow the home life of the delinquent is at fault. This is not always the case, needless to say.

The author explores various typos of homosexual delinquents and the handling (or mis-handling) of their cases. Her observations are sharp, and shino a glaring light