84TH CONGRESS) 2d Session 77368 EDUCATION AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY INTERIM REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PURSUANT TO S. Res. 62 (84th Cong., 1st sess.) AND S. Res. 173 (84th Cong., 2d sess.) A PART OF THE INVESTIGATION OF JUVENILE Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1956 CONTENTS Witnesses heard and communications received. Family exerts primary influence__ Innovations in the educational area.. Statistics compiled on years of schooling completed by inmates of Federal and State correctional institutions.. Some discern shortcomings in present educational system.. School dropouts are a major problem.. Need shown for increased expenditures.. II. Some views on education and the problem of juvenile delinquency.. Contemporary Education and Juvenile Delinquency, by Harold L. Clapp, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, a paper prepared quency. Government and Education, The Need for the Participation of the Federal Government in the Support of Education Within the Several States, by Earl J. McGrath, president of the Uni- Broadening the Role of the Schools Will Contribute to Delin- quency Prevention, by William G. Carr, executive secretary, National Education Association_ American Education Does Much To Instill Concepts of Social Justice and Morality, by George N. Shuster, president, Hunter Planning School Programs To Meet the Problem of Delinquency, by Lawrence G. Derthick, superintendent, and Thelma W. Horacek, director, division of special services, Chattanooga, Three Aspects of Prevention and Treatment of Delinquency, by The Schools and Juvenile Delinquency, by Albert K. Cohen, department of sociology, Indiana University-- Educational Television for Extending Educational Opportunity, by John W. Taylor, executive director, WTTW, Chicago Edu- cational Television Association__ Question of Relationship Between Modern Educational Practice and Juvenile Delinquency Viewed as a Matter for a Scotch Juvenile Delinquency and the Schools, by Albert J. Reiss, Jr., department of sociology, Vanderbilt University. The Relation of School to Delinquency, by Augustine G. Confrey, associate professor of education, St. Louis University Schools Have a Responsibility to All Youth, by Herold C. Hunt, Vocational Education Can Contribute to the Prevention of De- Present Educational System Must Assume Its Share of Respon- 72 II. Some views on education and the problem of juvenile delinquency— Early Primary Groups Should Be Limited to 20 Children, by Committee of Teachers in the Savannah, Ga., Schools Completes Relation Between Employment and Education, by Elizabeth S. III. Overview of certain considerations. The school as an agency of social control. Detection of behavior problems and incipient delinquency. Types of behavior problems encountered by school personnel. The function and role of the teacher.. The concept of the visiting teacher and her functions. Better training facilities for needed social-psychological per- Social-psychological knowledge should be made available to IV. Conclusions and certain recommendations APPENDIX Felons that were committed to custody of the Georgia State Board of Cor- Admissions to the California Youth Authority, 1950 and 1951, age at Tabulation of California achievement test on California Youth Authority 100 100 100 101 102 103 Educational attainment of inmates admitted to Louisiana State Penitentiary from July 1, 1955 through February 29, 1956. 103 Literacy of inmates admitted to the Louisiana State Penitentiary from 103 Louisiana State correctional schools, characteristics of admissions Educational level of 3,067 inmates committed in the State of Michigan during 1955. 104 104 Minnesota State Adult correctional institutions, age and education, June 30, 1955, resident population__- 105 New York State educational status of youth, 16-20 years, at time of commitment to State correctional institutions, 1952-55.. 105 Educational status and age on commitment of boys and girls in New Jersey 106 Educational status and age on commitment of men, New Jersey State prison during 1955.......... 106 Educational status and age on commitment of men in New Jersey reformatories for men during 1955 (Bordentown and Annandale) - Educational status and age on commitment of women in Clifton, N. J., reformatory during 1955.... 107 107 Education prior to admittance of persons in the boys' and girls' industrial 108 108 Delinquency cases disposed of in the State of Ohio by reason for referral Delinquency cases in the State of Ohio, by type of disposition, 1950-54- Last school grade completed by prisoners received from the court into Table showing percent of income spent by States for current educational Exhibit A, Chattanooga public schools, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1954-55 Exhibit B, annual report of visiting teacher work in Chattanooga public schools to L. G. Derthick, superintendent of schools. Bibliography.... Page 109 109 110 111 112 113 117 118 118 120 122 |