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juvenile delinquency the record sheets indicat? name of child, 

 address, date, complaint, names, ages, and occupation of father, 

 mother, and children, civil condition, race or nationality of father 

 and mother, church of father and mother, income, rent, si^e of 

 house, length of residence in Gary, and previous residence. In 

 Section I of the study of adult crime the arrest sheets kept on 

 file in the police station at Gary show name of offender, the 

 arresting officer, the charge, place of arrest, residence of offender, 

 birthplace, descent, occupation, civil condition, sex. race, com- 

 plexion, age, hair, color, moustache, eye color, weight, height, 

 ability to read or write, articles found on prisoner when searched 

 by officers as money, keys, knife, watch and chain, pocketbook, 

 memorandum book, weapons, letters, grips, and miscellaneous 

 articles, with a note as to whom the property was turned OA'er 

 and by what officer, together with receipt of person to whom the 

 property was turned over, and the disposition of the case giving 

 the signature of the person making the report. In Section II of 

 the study of adult crime the records filed in the office of the 

 statistician of the state of Indiana in the statehouse at Indiana- 

 polis show the numbers arrested and brought into the court, 

 kind of offense, color, sex, nativity (whether native born or 

 foreign born), and disposition of cases by kind of offense. In 

 Sections III and IV of the study of adult crime the records of 

 the Lake county jails at Crown Point and at Hammond show race 

 or nationality, age, charge, and disposition of the case. 



Following in general the classification of Morrison and 

 Wines, 35 associations of juvenile delinquency and adult crime 

 are considered in this study under four main divisions: general 

 considerations, individual considerations, cosmic considerations, 

 and social considerations. In juvenile delinquency under general 

 considerations are discussed proportions by race or nationality, 

 kinds of offenses, disposition of cases, and repetition of offense; 36 

 under individual considerations, age, sex. and abnormality; under 

 cosmic considerations, seasonal delinquency; 37 under social con- 

 siderations, maladjustment, association in delinquency, geograph- 

 ical distribution, church affiliation . home conditions, and industrial 

 status. In Section I of the study of adult crime, uider general 

 considerations are discussed proportions by race or nationality, 

 kinds of offenses, and disposition of cases; under individual 



ssMorrison (Juvenile Offenders), p. 21; Wines, p. 277; Aschaeffenburg. xxv, 

 table; Healv, p. 2S5; Ferri, p. 53; Boies, np. 27-39. 



^Travis, p. 102; Bache; Barn&t Morrison (1897) ; Bolt. 

 37\ lorrison (Juvenile Offenders). t v r ^3. 26, 35, 36. 



