SYLLABUS OF CIVIC PROBLEMS. 41 



The Juvenile Court, 



1. Principles for which it stands. 



a. The State is above the parent. 



b. Adult responsibility for child care. 



c. Change procedure from criminal to chancery court. 



2. Methods of court procedure. 



a. Investigates child's environment. Hears evidence of neighbors. 



b. Investigates occasion of offense. 



c. Takes into consideration child's physical condition. 



d. Gives child another chance on probation. (See Delinquency.) 



3. Court — mPtho<l of treating delinquent. 



a. Parole. 



b. Placing child in other homes. 



c. Chastising parents. 



d. Reform school. 



4. Newer court methods. Keep the child out of detention home. 



Field Work. 



1. Visit the detention home of your city. (You will not be allowed to see the chil- 



dren there.) 



2. Ask the probation officer, or the matron, or both, how they are trying to li 'l)) the 



boys and girls. 



3. What is your idea of the needs of the home? 



4. Remember that you can avoid leading boys and girls into temptation that may 



cause them to be sent to the detention home. 



References. 



Pupils' Readings. 



Breckenridge, Abbot. "The Delinquent Child and the Home" (Select.). 



Puffer, J. A. "The Boy and His Gang." 



Lindsey, Judge B. B. "The Juvenile Court of Denver." 



Outlook, 88: 123— Howe, F. C. "A City in the Life Saving Business" (Boyville). 



Outlook, 89 : 818— Hall, H. "Making Good Citizens Out of Bad Boys." 



Survey, 24 : 742 — Lindsey, Judge B. B. "The Evolution of the Juvenile Court." 



MeClure's, 37 : 678 — Puffer, J. A. "Boy Gangs and Boy Leaders." 



George, Wm. "The Junior Republic." 



George. Wm. "Citizens Made and Remade." 



Literary Digest, 50 : 1298 — "Bad Boy Becomes a Farmer." 



American City, 11: 121-2 — Judge, G. E. "The Railroads as a Contributory Cause 

 of Juvenile Delinquency." 



Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1914 : 317-22 — Addams, G. S. "Defec- 

 tives in the Juvenile Court" (Select.). 

 For Student Teachers. 



Dugdale, R. L. "The Jukes." 



More, Mrs. L. B. "The Wage Earners' Budget." 



Pettengill, Lillian. "The Toilers of the Home." 



Van Yorst, Mrs. John and Marie. "The Woman Who Toils." 



Annals of American Academy, 36: 57-6€^ — Hart, H. H. "Distinctive Features of 

 the Juvenile Court." 



Annals of American Academy, 56 : 88-92 — Runge, E. F. "Women in the Juvenile 

 Court." 



American Journal of Sociology, 16 : 52 — Breckenridge, S. P. "Neglected Widow- 

 hood in the Juvenile Court." 



Addams, Jane. "The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets." 



Review of Reviews, 48 : 214-7 — Reed, Mrs. F. W. "Research Work in the Minne- 

 apolis Juvenile Court." 



