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Consists of: Newspaper cuttings; handwritten notes on the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment, 1949; copy of memorandum submitted to the Commission by the Howard League for Penal Reform; typed lecture on capital punishment.

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Subject files relating to research interests of John Spencer during his time at the London School of Economics. Includes handwritten notes and reference material.

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Papers relating to discussions with senior managers in Central East Area (NCB Scotland) organised by the University of Glasgow's Department of Economic and Social Research.

Scope and Contents Papers mainly dating from Dr Spencer's time at the London School of Economics.Consists of: Newspaper cuttings. Reports by Mrs Wilkinson to the Committee on Research on Prostitution of which Dr Spencer was a member, with annotations by Dr Curtis and Chief Superintendent Elizabeth Bather, New Scotland Yard. Programme and notes relating to the ISTD Conference "The Adolescent Delinquent", 1956. "Intelligence of Neglectful Mothers" by Mary Sheridan, The Magistrate, April...

Scope and Contents Papers from a file labelled Prisons and Borstals: Visits to Institutions and possibly relating to Spencer's PhD research. Consists of: Handwritten notes on visits to prisons, borstal institutions and approved schools in England. Includes notes on the following institutions: The Cotswold Approved School; Broadmoor; Leyhill Prison; Aycliffe School; Magdalen Classifying School for Girls; Wallingford Fram Training Colony; The Castle School, Stanhope; Redhill Approved School; Latchmere House...

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Papers from a file labelled Social Psychology and Philosophy. Consists of handwritten notes by John Spencer relating to talks and publications on various topics including the relationship between the state and the individual; play therapy; neurotic behaviour; duodenal ulcer hypotheses; human instincts; educational psychology; hostility; moral standards; Freud; selection of students. Printed material: Child Personality Guide prepared by D H Stott.