JUVENILE CRIME
GIRLS MOST TROUBLESOME Girls are causing far more trouble than the “gangster type” of boy for English probation officers. “The boys who have come before us since the Young Persons (1933) Act came into operation are very much ohe same type as before,” said Miss Madeline Symons, addressing the conference of the Society of Juvenile Courts Probation Officers in London recently. Before the Act the number of girls who appeared in court was very small, but they have now increased. From November 1, 1933, to September 30, 1934, 117 girls over fourteen years of age came before London Juvenile Court. Most of them have no homes or unsuitable homes. They do not know what a decent day’s work is. I have never felt that domestic service is necessarily the best occupation for these girls, or that herding them together is going to be helpful for them.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19958, 16 November 1934, Page 14
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148JUVENILE CRIME Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19958, 16 November 1934, Page 14
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