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A Letier from J. Edgor Hosyée | poo Let's Not ‘Over-Protect’ ' Our Juvenile Offenders Editor, Enquirer and News: public interest to do so. There is a vast’ + I have just read with a great deal of [Bitference between juvenile delinquents| : interest the outstanding editorial cap-and the teen-age hoodjums who have A | tioned "A New Pollcy On Juvenile Of-Dbroved by their actions that they are s fenses.” which appeared in the Jan. 26,Bery real danger 1988, lasue of your Newspaper. It has long the community. been my view that parental neglect,,Overprotected x coupled with unrealistic overprotection of/and categorical le juvenile offenders, constitutes the majorjniencies will not "Fe edleartal aA Ne New | icy on Juvenile |teach young ter- Offenses,” commended by Mr. Coli weoal erpr a See _ bined teday on the edttartal page, page [by the law or to tor underlying the eritical problem of/reepect the rights f venile delid€quency aad crime which'of others «4 confronts our Nation. Juveniles who fF Far too many mothers and fathers to commit heinous §, day are parents in name oaly. Theseloffenses and persns do not provide a real home forghose who ares their children, nor do they truly take an [guilty of repeated toterest in the moral education and char-Erimes do not de- ; acle: development of their youngsters. In}perve to be called oover the final analysis, parents such as these mere delinquent: o: to be shown all the are a menace to their community. They |special privileges which delinquents have vot only jeopardize the life of a girl or come to expect. Certalnly, as a matter of boy who deserves the opportunity to'self-protection the public ls enttied to deveiop into a responsible adult, but in'kpow their identities. Perhaps if they are effect they also constitute a threat to the ‘exposed to the spotlight ef public acorn, decent citlzens around them. these young criminals will adopt more One very effective way to penetrate acceptable codes of behavior the shells of selfishness and disinterest As you so wisely have observed. a which surround neglectful parents is tojgreat “error now Les im the failure to use Ipublish their names prominently when restraints which might save bovs and girls Aheir youngsters commit violations of the:from makig ever more serious mistakes law juntil finally they wind up with long pris . { alao want to add my endorsement to'terms ” your b-~w policy of publishing the names! J EDGAR HOOVER, Director, of #-- oenile offendara whan it ia in pres Bacar s! es af Tnwastiaati Ri a ea g eeasrs. Cures abl sug aia. Dee pn Te SN Ee eee