MENTAL DEFECTIVES COMMISSION
(United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 13. Before the Mental Defectives Commission, Mr J. \Y. Povnton, S.M., asserted I'We 1 'We are becoming hysterical about juvenile depravity. Except for South Australia there are fewer crimes among our children between 15 and 20 years of age than in any other country in the world. Our boys and girls under 16 years of age are not getting worse. The proportion .of prisoners to the given number of population in 1903 was 34. It- was 30 in 1913, and 16 in 1922. Juvenile cases before the Courts showed a decrease. There were 1677 in 1915, and 1391 in 1921. Most of. the delinquency was due to parental neglect, and ynuch to the universal spirit of mischief in children. It was wrong to bring children into Court. From the Police Court no record whatever should be kept of a first offence unless of so grave a nature as would require future treatment. _ In all cases whipping should be permissible. It is regrettable so little is done in the schools to warn children about the evils that' will assail them in later life.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 16 June 1924, Page 2
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190MENTAL DEFECTIVES COMMISSION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 16 June 1924, Page 2
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