Archive Report
Archive Report
Delinquency Among American Adolescents
Indications of a New Rise in Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile delinquency, a matter of perennial concern to the American people, appears again to be on the rise after a sharp decline during the years immediately following World War II. Some of the conditions that contributed to lawlessness among boys and girls during the war period are beginning to reappear and are certain to be intensified if the country becomes involved in a new all-out war.
Pitched battles between armed bands of boys and young men now duplicate the gang wars among older criminals during the 1920s. In New York City ten schoolboys have been killed during the last 12 months. Shooting forays among teen-age boys have occurred also in Maryland and Minnesota, and in ...