PROBLEM OF YOUTH.
CENSORING CONVERSATION. COMMITTEE'S SUGGESTIONS. LOKDON, Dec. 22. Tho departmental committee which was appointed by the Labour Government to inquire into the question of offences against young people, has submitted its report. Tho committee recommends that the age of consent be raised to 17. It does not favour sex instruction in school classes, but asserts thrat students in • training colleges should be so taught. It believes that male and female teachers and social workers can inspire boys and girls with a proper sense of decency of behaviour, hygiene and citizenship. The elimination of undesirable conversation, it i 3 said, would be an important step toward countering tho ignorance, carelessness and indifference at present prevailing. The committee advocates the wider nse of women doctors for delicate examinations, and suggests that Courts should be cleared of all persons except press representatives 4nd welfare workers during the hearing of charges of criminal offences.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19216, 4 January 1926, Page 8
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