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It is a primary principle @.. affice to wa & (j ene community of those adults charge Gelinauencys This mandate_is erously prosecuted vith all tt presenting such cases so that = awitn contriouting to a minor's ver forgotsene gach cases arco vig~ deputies slert to the necessity of the mind of te child is not further inperiled. To that end, the proceedings and trials are held at the Juvenile Court without publicity and with minimum tastimony on the part of the child involved. JUVERILE COURT RECORLS: The records on Juvenile Court cases eae prepered by Gecrze Uscsko, Chier cuvenile Probation Officer, nave boon examinsd eorefully.o During the first six months of 1944, there were apprexima- tely 700 official cases; 470 of these are delinquency eases; 250 neglect or dependency cases; 320 of these were of Catholic parents; 340 of Protestant parents; six of Jevish parents; thirty-four miscellaneous; 600 were waite; , eo broken homes of one cype or another, 250 from homes not broken. eee eer oe y another, ow ie 100 were negro; 450 cases came from ° Three huncrea and twenty of tne 470 delinquents wore boys, 140 girls; 400 in age’ bracket 20 were second-timers, 10 vere 14-17; 440 were first-time offenders, thira-tiners; 380 of these went to full-time school; 90 neither went to school nor worked. In one-third of the delinquent ects, the chile acted alone; jn tho test.of the cases, the child acted with one or more companions. one hundred and fifty of tne casas involved no parental control; 70 {nvolved unfit homes; 50 “refusal to obey"; 56 habitual truants; 75 ° > ‘danger of tmrmorality" (70 girls); 80 auto thefts; 70 burglary; 10 traffic; 15 mischief; 25 other lew violations by boys. In the delinquency & roun 406 of the 470 vere . San Francisco residents. More than helf of these eases came from the Bllis-Polk and Mission Listricts. In about 85% of the cases, the family income was adequate. In disposing of thos sent home and others worse plac homes, undcr Juvenite Probatio e cases half of the children were ed in hones of relatives cr foster n Officer supervision. Tyelve boys were sent to the Log Cabin Ranch, 5 to the Preston School of Industry, 3 girls to the Ventura School to the California Youth Author There were about 500 Juvenile Probation Department, eurfew violaticns, truancy and traffic court hearings; 10 sf of the 600 were 17 yoars of ag offenders, 200 wore repes ters 5 Licensy violations, go cose 2 personel injurios; 200 were ar parents! automobiles, 100 thei other personts cafe PROSECUTION OF PARED for Girls, 2 boys end 2 girls were sent ity. tunofficial" cases handlsa by the involving petty thefts, burglary, malicious mischier. Thore wera 600 these concorned females. Four hundred e, 180 were 16 years; 400 were first- 400 were chrrged with speeding, 150 mrolucd prapenty camage; 25 invelved - iving their own automoviles, 200 their r employers! autonobiles, 100 some S$: Tho comment sometimes is neard “There is no sucn thing as juvenile Gelinguency, it is parental dglinguency." In our Airst year's work, we dia cncounter a nunber of instances of provable parontal delinquency, The School Depart- ment and the Henlth Department have bacn struggling with these and similar proolems for many yearso The Attendance Bureau of the Schocl Department and tho Juvenile Probation Lepartnont reported to us several aggravated truancy situntions where tic truancy wos oceurring with the consent and active cooperation of the enilats parcnts, The attitude of these parents toward the workers was uncooperative, contemptuous and Snsolent. These parents were cited to the District Attorney's office at the Juvenile Court building. They wero advised that the ia compels them te send their children to school and they were then instructed that they must comply with this lowe Thoy were advised this warrants would be issued 4f the chilcren were again reported ag trasnts, and there was evidence that the parents were at fault. In several cascs, drastic action was taken and the parents were . chargod with contributing to the delinquency of their own childarene da-1 Ze