NCJ Number
148580
Date Published
1962
Length
288 pages
Annotation
Juvenile delinquency and its possible remedies are discussed.
Abstract
The author, a layman, was appointed in the late 1950's by the Greater Philadelphia Movement to gather information on juvenile delinquency and prepare a study that might be useful in helping communities to control it. He traveled widely throughout the United States, and visited numerous other countries including India, the U.S.S.R., Japan, Austria, and Sweden. He interviewed juvenile delinquency experts in the principal cities in the U.S.; 72 percent either felt that juvenile delinquency was not on the rise or did not know, and 94 percent said that the problem could be far better handled. They made recommendations for more community support; education of parents; and better police, court, and probation work. Some popular conclusions that had come out of recent conferences in the U.S. clashed with information obtained from abroad. For instance, many experts regarded women working outside the home as the largest factor contributing to the rise of juvenile delinquency, but in Austria, where delinquency rates were low, the proportion of working mothers was high. Index