First desertions: temporary character of, 8; medical-social work a preventive, 9; accident records aid in tracing, 79; critical nature of, 91; when apt to occur, 191-192
Forced marriages: irregular unions, 28; investigation of, and statistics, 92-96; study by Chicago Juvenile Protective Association, 94; case illustrations, 95-96
Gambling: effect upon character, 43; relation to non-support, 156
Glasgow Parish Council, report on dependency, 170-171
Heredity: psychopathic personality, 24; feeble-mindedness, 25; racial differences, 26-28
Inadequate relief: legal separation, and the law, 128; wife's attitude, 130; illustrated, 131; court orders, inconsistency of, 172-176; recent legislation to correct, 177. See also _Non-support_
Income: economic issues, 21, 22, 30; wages and non-support, 32-33
Incompatibility: temperamental differences, 36; sex relations, 37-39, 40
Industrial deficiency: in husband and wife, 25, 31; national registration to correct, 166
_Insanity, The Psychology of._ Bernard Hart, 20
Instability: forms of, mental and physical, 17-22; factors that induce, 24-43, 47-49
Interviewing the man: importance of, 55-57, 105; case story, 57-61
Justifiable deserters: and alcoholism, 42; case illustration, 57-61, 111; procedure with, 112
Justification: thirst for experience, 9, 19; process of rationalization, 20; venereal disease and separation, 41; alcohol, and "justifiable deserters," 42; Williams case illustrates, 57-61, 111; and the non-supporter, 152-154
Juvenile courts: movement for special, 177, 178; Juvenile Court Act, 178; combine with domestic relation courts, 178; Family Court of Cincinnati, 178; facilities, 181
Legal separation to protect wife, 127-129
Legislation: irregular unions, 29, 98; pioneering methods, 50-52; state aid to mothers, 63; common law unions, legality of, 98, 101; Italian, 100; divorce for permanent desertion, 110; for justifiable deserters, 111-112; court action for persistent deserters, 114-117; extradition, 117-119, 129; probation, 120-124; legal facilities to promote efficiency, 164-184; serving a warrant, 168; extradition treaties, 169-170; deportation, 171; court procedure, 172-177; juvenile delinquency, 177, 178, 180; domestic relations, and special courts, 177, 178, 179, 180-182; marriage laws, 186, 195