Preface
In xga4 two wel!qmrn Chicago boys const~red to kill an un-
ol~nding younger friend for no obvious reason. Partly just becaUSe
the crime seemed so senseless， and partly because the families could
afford to pay for their services， many prominent American psychia-
wists were brought into the limelight of the trial to explain the
state of mind of the offenders. These colleagues were arraigned
against one another; the opinions sworn to by some were flatly
~oatradlcted and denied by others.
This awkward and inconclusive exhibition gave rise to wide-
spread public comment. It came at a time when in fields other than
the law. psychiatry was leaping into a new prominence and prom-
ise of usefulness. The outpatient clinic had been created， neoars-
phenamine had been discovered， psychological tests were being de-
veloped， the child guidance clinic had been born， and psycho-
analysis and other forms of psychiatric treatment were inspiring
new hope in a field long characterized by cheerlessness and despair.
It seemed appropriate， therefore， to William Alanson White， then
president of the American Psychiatric Association to appoint j
special committ~ of that organization to study the relationl \"
psychiatry and psychiatrists to the law and lawyersj ，to
trol， and to court procedure. To my great surpri~
pointed me chairman of that committ~ amt ~~v;n
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