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Polish families who live in Tolleston. That is, in general the 

 American and Old Immigration families live on the North Side, 

 the better residence section of Gary; and in general the Colored 

 and New Immigration families live on the South Side, the poorer 

 residence district. 



Of the total number of families, almost two-thirds live on the 

 South Side where the children are exposed to the low influence 

 of the saloon, 26 the bowling-alleys and poolrooms, bad sanitation, 

 etc., etc. For example, 13.7 per cent of the cases show the 

 bowling-alleys and poolrooms as loafing-places of the children. 



12. Chu.rch Affiliation 27 



Five church groups are represented among families of juvenile 

 delinquents in Gary: Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, Russian 

 Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant. This church or 

 religious affiliation must be taken as representing church or 

 religious preference rather than active membership, because 

 information obtained is based on answers to questions asked of 

 members of the families and not verified by the pastor or priest of 

 the church indicated. Often the name of the family does not ap- 

 pear on the membership list of the church indicated at all, and 

 the pastor or priest of the church has no knowledge of such a 

 family. 



An examination of the families of delinquents in this stuay 

 according to church preference, where given, shows 38 Roman 

 Catholic families, 6 Greek Catholic, 2 Russian Orthodox, 1 

 Greek Orthodox, 18 Protestant, and 9 having no church prefer- 

 ence. Of the Protestant churches 3 American families are Pres- 

 byterians, 3 Methodists, one Christian, and one English Lutheran; 

 one Colored family is Baptist; 3 German families are Lutheran; 

 one Hungarian family is Protestant Hungarian, and one is 

 Lutheran. 



Church preference here is based largely on racial or national 

 lines. The large number of Roman Catholics among juvenile 

 delinquents cannot be taken to indicate that there is more delin- 

 quency among such families because of their religious preferences. 

 It merely indicates the large number of families of those races or 

 nationalities where the Roman Catholic faith predominates. And 

 so with the number of Protestant families. 



26 This was before national prohibition. See Preface. 

 "Original tables, pp. 33-35. See Preface to this study. 



