. Christian herald. akethorough investi-gations into suchunwholesome con-ditions; reducethe situation ineach instance tohard, cold facts;place these factsbefore the publicand then worksteadily for lawsthat will correctthem. Its specialinvestigation shave come to beregarded by so-cial workers inthe light of ex-pert testimonyconcerning theevils in , perhaps,is only the smallerend of the workof the association,for it is concerneddaily with the in-vestigation of amultitude of complaints which comevdthin its particular sphere of influ-ence, such as adult delinquency, viola-tions of law
. Christian herald. akethorough investi-gations into suchunwholesome con-ditions; reducethe situation ineach instance tohard, cold facts;place these factsbefore the publicand then worksteadily for lawsthat will correctthem. Its specialinvestigation shave come to beregarded by so-cial workers inthe light of ex-pert testimonyconcerning theevils in , perhaps,is only the smallerend of the workof the association,for it is concerneddaily with the in-vestigation of amultitude of complaints which comevdthin its particular sphere of influ-ence, such as adult delinquency, viola-tions of laws protecting juveniles,crimes of children, and so on. Somefive thousand cases are handled by iteach year, in all of which the care,protection and interest of the childreceive first consideration. As an example of some of the manycases which daily receive the attentionof this organization is noted that of aboy eighteen years of age who cameto the city to find work. On his arri-val he set out to find a GERTRUDE HOWE BRITTONDirector, Juvenile Protectire Association While standing on a street corner hesaw two boys go quickly up to a show-case in front of a store, break theglass, take out the goods and runaway. A policeman came up hur-riedly and promptly arrested thecountry boy. Charged with being anaccessory to the crime, he was sent toprison for six months. This little incident, when it came tothe attention of the association, sug-gested an investigation of the causeswhich lead boys into trouble. Ac-cordingly, the cases of one hundredboys then held in the county jail weregone into thoroughly, with the resultthat the organi-zation has taken apronounced standin favor of a pub-lic official whoshall be known asthe juvenile de-fender. Inas-much as there isa public prosecu-tor to see thatcriminals arepunished, whynot, then, the as-sociation urges, apublic defender tosee that the ex-tenuating circum-stances connectedwith a boys orgirls first offenseare brought tothe atte
Size: 1362px × 1835px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidchristianher, bookyear1913
