Juvenile delinquency (1955)

Record Details:

Title:
Juvenile delinquency
Date:
1955
Publisher:
Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Volume:
Juvenile delinquency (motion picture) Hearings before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, pursuant to S. Res. 62, investigation of Juvenile delinquency in the United States
Leaf #:
00016
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion pictures and children, Juvenile delinquency
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Kahle/Austin Foundation and Omidyar Network
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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8 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Chairman Kefauver. Yes; we are interested, and we will file that as a part of onr record. (The document referred to was marked "Exhibit No. 1," and reads as follows:) Exhibit No. 1 Los Angeles Police Department weekly administrative report, week ending midnight June 5,1955 Offense Robbery Felonious assault Burglary Burglary and theft from auto Grand theft Pickpocket Purse snatch Petty theft Auto theft , Worthless checks Total' Crimes reported Last week 61 92 312 260 35 20 11 199 150 128 Year to date 1,305 1,867 7,209 6,562 813 518 173 5,150 3,160 3,875 1,258 30,632 Last year to date 1,812 1,992 8,513 7,936 818 629 269 5,341 3,348 4,467 35,125 Percentage of change -28.0 -6.3 -15.3 -17.3 -.6 -17.6 -35.7 -3.6 -5.6 -13.3 -12.8 Arrests Last week 307 Year to date 1,762 1,193 2,304 355 668 32 3 1,185 809 632 8,943 Last year to date 2,061 1,129 2,326 476 622 44 7 1,103 851 710 9,329 Percentage of change -14.5 +5.7 -.9 -25.4 +7.4 -27.3 -57.1 +7.4 -4.9 -11.0 -4.1 ' Includes attempts and juveniles. ' Not accumulated on daOy basis in 1954. Note.— Officers on military leave, 60; vacancies: officers 94, civilians 73 (30 miscellaneous, 43 substitutes). Source: Statistics Unit, Planning and Research Division. Mr. Parker. Now. I have more copies of this report that I would like to talk about. Chairman Kefauver. Do you have sufficient copies for the press? Mr. Parker. No, I haven't. I don't know whether I have sufficient or not, but at least there are some here. Chairman Kefau\'er. Well, we have some extra ones here. (The document referred to was marked "Exhibit No. 2," and reads as follows:)