Juvenile Delinquency Control Act: Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, on H. R. 7178, and Various Bills for Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 - 245 pages Considers legislation to authorize Federal assistance to juvenile delinquency control programs. |
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... kind of educa- tional preparation will serve best in the long run . Thus , young people from middle - income groups in small towns and suburbs are also feeling the effects of these economic trends . Their future world of work is ...
... kind of educa- tional preparation will serve best in the long run . Thus , young people from middle - income groups in small towns and suburbs are also feeling the effects of these economic trends . Their future world of work is ...
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... kind of trouble leading to an official record ,. and 28 percent enough so to give cause for serious parental and community con- cern ; 72 percent of the boys had records so serious as to affect their future careers . These figures are ...
... kind of trouble leading to an official record ,. and 28 percent enough so to give cause for serious parental and community con- cern ; 72 percent of the boys had records so serious as to affect their future careers . These figures are ...
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... kind . The only justification for this program is that it is a problem that we ought to try to solve , and I think the matter is important enough to try . Even if the $ 10 million is wasted , we at least need to find out if there is ...
... kind . The only justification for this program is that it is a problem that we ought to try to solve , and I think the matter is important enough to try . Even if the $ 10 million is wasted , we at least need to find out if there is ...
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... kind may ameliorate the breakdown in family living , the destruction of morals which ensues , and the loss in human welfare entailed in this result , we are certain that these efforts are less than sufficient . The condition continues ...
... kind may ameliorate the breakdown in family living , the destruction of morals which ensues , and the loss in human welfare entailed in this result , we are certain that these efforts are less than sufficient . The condition continues ...
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... kind are yet to be found despite many efforts made by the schools , communities , and by official bodies within the District of Columbia . Now I will discuss dropouts . During the first three advisories of the school year 1960-61 , 850 ...
... kind are yet to be found despite many efforts made by the schools , communities , and by official bodies within the District of Columbia . Now I will discuss dropouts . During the first three advisories of the school year 1960-61 , 850 ...
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adult agencies areas ASHBROOK Attorney behavior bill boys BRADEMAS BROWNELL camp child commission committee concerned Congress Congressman control of juvenile coordinated crime DAVID ZENOFF deal Delinquency and Youth delinquency problem demonstration develop District District of Columbia dropouts EDITH GREEN effective efforts facilities Federal Government field funds gang GIAIMO going Governor LAWRENCE GREEN HANSEN high school increase institutions JOHN BRADEMAS juvenile court juvenile delinquency labor leadership legislation Madam Chairman ment million Negro neighborhood opportunity organization parents percent person police Police Athletic League prevention and control probation probation officers problem of juvenile proposed PUCINSKI Puerto Rican QUIE responsibility SANTANGELO SCHMAIS Secretary GOLDBERG Secretary RIBICOFF SHAW slum social society staff statement subcommittee teachers Thank tion unemployed urban welfare workers York City young youngsters youth employment youthful offender
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Page 2 - Secretary but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 59 - The lesson is that to a considerable degree what a school should do and can do is determined by the status and ambitions of the families being served.
Page 2 - Payments under grants made under this Act may be made in installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Administrator. DEFINITIONS Sec. 302. When used in this Act— (a) The term 'Administrator' means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (b) The term 'air pollution control agency...
Page 55 - In a slum area of 125,000 people, mostly Negro, a sampling of the youth population shows that roughly 70 percent of the boys and girls ages 16 to 21 are out of school and unemployed.
Page 169 - Congress hereby finds and declares that juvenile delinquency and youth offenses diminish the strength and vitality of the people of our Nation; that such delinquency and offenses are increasing in both urban and rural communities; that such delinquency and offenses occur disproportionately among school dropouts, unemployed youth faced with limited opportunities and with employment barriers, and youth in deprived family situations...
Page 59 - The building up of a mass of unemployed and frustrated Negro youth in congested areas of a city is a social phenomenon that may be compared to the piling up of inflammable material in an empty building in a city block. Potentialities for trouble — indeed, possibilities of disaster — are surely there. Let me...
Page 2 - General, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, but not exceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business...
Page 1 - States in matters relating to the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals ; (2) provide short-term training and instruction in technical matters relating to vocational rehabilitation services, including the establishment and maintenance of such research fellowships and traineeships, with such stipends and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses), as he may deem necessary, except that no such training or instruction (or fellowship or scholarship) shall be provided any individual for...
Page 61 - I submit that in a heavily urbanized and industrialized free society the educational experiences of youth should fit his subsequent employment. There should be a smooth transition from full-time schooling to a full-time job, whether that transition be after grade 10 or after graduation from school, college, or university.
Page 58 - States— is the outstanding characteristic of youth in the Negro slum. Secondly, a foreign immigrant came from an impoverished but stable society, for the most part a peasant society with its own ancient mores. The pride of family and often strong church connections were social cement that kept the slums from being complete social jungles in spite of the fact that the dwelling conditions were often far worse than they are today.