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The article provides information about the contents of the 83-page brochure entitled "The Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders." The brochure contains the proceedings of the Indian Conference of Social Work, held in Lucknow, India. Its foreword was written by Girdhari Lal, Minister for Jails and Excise in the country. The papers published are penned in a scholarly form. In addition, its introduction was the Presidential Address of Colonel G. R. Oberai, Inspector General of Prisons. Also included is the paper explaining Adolescent Offender and the Borstal. The final paper presented is focused on training in the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders.

The article presents a study on the social life of rickshawallas in Lucknow, India. The term "rickshawalla" is Hindi and denotes one who operates a three-wheeled conveyance propelled and steered in the same fashion as a conventional bicycle. Throughout India, the bicycle ricksha meets a need for cheap, individualized transportation. A few basic points have emerged from this study of Lucknow rickshawallas that may provide guidelines for subsequent investigations into the impact of industrialization upon Indian social life. The adoption of achievement-oriented occupations in the context of the city does not imply the total abandonment of traditional social organization. Decisions to migrate to cities in search of modern occupations arise from complex motivations that can't be explained by allusions to simple economic factors like poverty and landlessness. Entry into modern urban occupations doesn't automatically imply the disintegration of the extended family and its replacement by the neolocal nuclear family. Compound kin groups persist because corporate activities determined and validated by kinship ties continue to enjoy importance in the eyes of those whose life and work are situated in cities.