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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... problem was mainly a problem of the American - born child of foreign parentage , notably from European rural com- munities . But in recent years the problem has shifted 141 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CONTROL ACT.
... problem was mainly a problem of the American - born child of foreign parentage , notably from European rural com- munities . But in recent years the problem has shifted 141 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CONTROL ACT.
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... problem has shifted to the " new migrants ” and new marginal groups within the American scene : the urban - drifting Negro , the Mexican , the Puerto Rican . Such groups suffer from social and economic bar- riers , concentration in ...
... problem has shifted to the " new migrants ” and new marginal groups within the American scene : the urban - drifting Negro , the Mexican , the Puerto Rican . Such groups suffer from social and economic bar- riers , concentration in ...
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... problem for the whole fabric of American society . Juvenile delinquency has involved not just sporadic , individual escapades of youngsters getting into trouble while growing up , but has developed into gangs carrying on warfare within ...
... problem for the whole fabric of American society . Juvenile delinquency has involved not just sporadic , individual escapades of youngsters getting into trouble while growing up , but has developed into gangs carrying on warfare within ...
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... problem has so many aspects that each of us has an important role to play . If we are going to solve it , we must pull together all the various remedies that would have an impact on juvenile delinquency and the future of our young ...
... problem has so many aspects that each of us has an important role to play . If we are going to solve it , we must pull together all the various remedies that would have an impact on juvenile delinquency and the future of our young ...
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... problem of juvenile delin- quency is part of a greater problem , as you have explained . It has to do with the economic opportunity of the people , with the hopeless- ness and despair that we see in many larger areas of our country ...
... problem of juvenile delin- quency is part of a greater problem , as you have explained . It has to do with the economic opportunity of the people , with the hopeless- ness and despair that we see in many larger areas of our country ...
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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.