West Side Studies: Boyhood and Lawlessness; The Neglected Girl

Chapter XIV: Appendix

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TABLE 1.--SOURCES FROM WHICH THE NAMES OF THE 294 BOYS STUDIED WERE OBTAINED

TABLE 2.--AGES OF BOYS[a]

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| BOYS
Age |
+--------+----------
| Number | Per cent
---------------------------------+--------+----------
Less than 8 years | 1 | .3
8 years and less than 10 years | 3 | 1.0
10 years and less than 12 years | 24 | 8.2
12 years and less than 14 years | 71 | 24.3
14 years and less than 16 years | 102 | 35.0
16 years and more | 91 | 31.2
---------------------------------+--------+----------
Total | 292 | 100.0
---------------------------------+--------+----------

[a] Information is not available as to the ages of two of the 294 boys.

TABLE 3.--LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN THE DISTRICT OF 183 FAMILIES[a]

====================================================
| FAMILIES
Years in district +--------+----------
| Number | Per cent
--------------------------------+--------+----------
Less than 5 years | 13 | 7.1
5 years and less than 10 years | 31 | 16.9
10 years and less than 15 years | 25 | 13.7
15 years and less than 20 years | 26 | 14.2
20 years and more | 88 | 48.1
--------------------------------+--------+----------
Total | 183 | 100.0
--------------------------------+--------+----------

[a] Information is not available as to the length of residence in the district of 58 of the 241 families.

TABLE 4.--COUNTRY OF BIRTH OF PARENTS[a]

=============================================
Country of birth |Fathers |Mothers
----------------------------+--------+-------
United States | 81 | 92
Ireland | 64 | 72
Germany | 27 | 18
Italy | 17 | 15
Scotland | 7 | 8
England | 6 | 4
Sweden | 4 | 4
France | 4 | 2
Austria | 3 | 2
Russia | 1 | 3
Dalmatia | 2 | 2
Roumania | 2 | 1
Armenia | 1 | 1
Switzerland | 1 | 1
West Indies | 1 | 1
Portugal | | 1
Denmark | 1 |
----------------------------+--------+------
Total | 222 | 227
----------------------------+--------+------

[a] Information is not available as to the country of birth of 19 fathers and 14 mothers in 241 families.

TABLE 5.--NATIONALITY OF AMERICAN-BORN PARENTS[a]

=============+=========+=========+
Nationality | Fathers | Mothers |
-------------+---------+---------+
German | 28 | 28 |
Irish | 21 | 25 |
American | 15 | 18 |
English | 3 | 2 |
-------------+---------+---------+
Total | 67 | 73 |
-------------+---------+---------+

[a] Information is not available as to the nationality of 14 of 81
American-born fathers and of 19 of 92 American-born mothers.

TABLE 6.--TWO HUNDRED FAMILIES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLDS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS OCCUPIED[a]

===============+=========================================================================
| FAMILIES OCCUPYING
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+---------
Persons in | One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | All
household | Room | Rooms | Rooms | Rooms | Rooms | Rooms | Rooms | Rooms | families
---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+---------
Two | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 4
Three | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | 26
Four | | 1 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | | | 27
Five | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | | | | 27
Six | | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4 | | | 41
Seven | | | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | | 1 | 25
Eight | | | 4 | 17 | 5 | 2 | | | 28
Nine | | | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 13
Ten or eleven | | | | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | 6
Twelve and | | | | | | | | |
less than 15 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | 3
---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+---------
Total | 3 | 10 | 54 | 75 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 200
---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+---------

[a] Information is not available as to the number of rooms occupied by one household of three persons, six of four persons, six of five persons, three of six persons, three of seven persons, three of eight persons, one of nine persons, and one of 12 persons; as to the number of persons in two households occupying four rooms; nor as to the number of rooms occupied or the number of persons in 15 households.

TABLE 7.--LIVING CHILDREN IN 231 FAMILIES[a]

============================+===================
| FAMILIES
Number of living children +--------+----------
| Number | Per cent
----------------------------+--------+----------
One | 12 | 5.2
Two | 28 | 12.1
Three | 28 | 12.1
Four | 34 | 14.7
Five | 44 | 19.0
Six | 36 | 15.6
Seven | 24 | 10.4
Eight | 17 | 7.4
Nine | 5 | 2.2
Ten | 2 | .9
Eleven | 1 | .4
----------------------------+--------+--------
Total | 231 | 100.0
----------------------------+--------+--------

[a] Information is not available as to the number of children in 10 of the 241 families.

TABLE 8.--STATUS OF MOTHERS IN 222 FAMILIES[a]

=============================+====================
| MOTHERS
Status of mother +---------+----------
| Number | Per cent
+---------+----------
Living and earning wages | 87 | 39.2
Living and not earning wages | 103 | 46.4
Dead | 32 | 14.4
-----------------------------+---------+----------
Total | 222 | 100.0
-----------------------------+---------+----------

[a] Information not available as to the status of the mother in 19 of the 241 families.

TABLE 9.--CONJUGAL CONDITIONS OF PARENTS IN 233 FAMILIES[a]

===================================+===================
| FAMILIES
Conjugal condition of parents +--------+----------
| Number | Per cent
-----------------------------------+--------+----------
Parents living together | 133 | 57.1
Father dead, mother living[b] | 53 | 22.7
Mother dead, father living[c] | 20 | 8.6
Both parents living, but separated | 15 | 6.4
Both parents dead | 12 | 5.2
-----------------------------------+--------+----------
Total | 233 | 100.0
-----------------------------------+--------+----------

[a] Information is not available as to the conjugal condition of parents in eight of the 241 families.

[b] In eleven cases where the father was dead and the mother living, the mother had remarried and the step-father was with the family.

[c] In four cases where the mother was dead, and the father living, the father had remarried and the step-mother was with the family.

TABLE 10.--RELIEF RECORDS OF 241 FAMILIES

=============================================+===================
| FAMILIES
Record +--------+----------
| Number | Per cent
---------------------------------------------+--------+----------
Known to have received aid: | |
From relief societies | 73 | 30.3
In form of institutional care for children | 17 | 7.1
From other sources | 15 | 6.2
---------------------------------------------+--------+----------
Total | 105 | 43.6
Deducting duplicates[a] | 19 | 7.9
---------------------------------------------+--------+----------
Total | 86 | 35.7
Known not to have received aid | 144 | 59.7
Relief record unknown | 11 | 4.6
---------------------------------------------+--------+----------
Grand total | 241 | 100.0
---------------------------------------------+--------+----------

[a] There were 19 cases in which families were known to have received relief of more than one of the three kinds specified.

TABLE 11.--DURATION OF RELIEF RECORDS OF 73 FAMILIES KNOWN TO HAVE RECEIVED AID FROM RELIEF SOCIETIES[a]

================================+===================
| FAMILIES
Duration of record +--------+----------
| Number | Per cent
--------------------------------+--------+----------
Less than 1 year | 15 | 20.5
1 year and less than 2 years | 11 | 15.1
2 years and less than 5 years | 10 | 13.7
5 years and less than 10 years | 19 | 26.0
10 years and less than 15 years | 11 | 15.1
15 years and less than 20 years | 4 | 5.5
20 years and less than 25 years | 3 | 4.1
--------------------------------+--------+----------
Total | 73 | 100.0
--------------------------------+--------+----------

[a] Information is not at all available as to the duration of the relief records of 13 of the 86 families who were known to have received aid.

TABLE 12.--COURT DISPOSITION OF CASES INVOLVING 454 ARRESTS AFFECTING 259 BOYS AND 221 FAMILIES[a]

======================+=========+==========+==========
Disposition of cases | Arrests | Boys | Families
| | affected | affected
----------------------+---------+----------+----------
Boy let go | 260 | 197 | 176
Boy paroled | 95 | 83 | 76
Boy sent up | 99 | 75 | 67
----------------------+---------+----------+----------
Total | 454 | 259[b] | 221[b]
----------------------+---------+----------+----------

[a] Information is not available as to the disposition of nine cases involving arrest.

[b] As some of the boys were arrested more times than one, and as some of the families had two or more boys who were arrested, these figures are absolute totals, and not the sums of the other figures in the columns in which they appear.

TABLE 13.--FINAL DISPOSITION OF 92 WEST SIDE PAROLED CASES AND OF 1,492 PAROLED CASES DISPOSED OF BY THE MANHATTAN COURT IN 1909[a]

=================================+===================+===================
| WEST SIDE CASES | ALL CASES
Final disposition of case +--------+----------+--------+----------
| Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent
---------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------
Discharged or sentence suspended | 78 | 84.8 | 1,264 | 89.5
Committed to institutions | 14 | 15.2 | 148 | 10.5
---------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------
Total | 92 | 100.0 | 1,412 | 100.0
---------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------

[a] Information is not available as to two of the 95 paroled cases and one case was still pending when the study was concluded.

TABLE 14.--TRUANCY RECORDS OF 215 BOYS, CLASSIFIED AS DELINQUENT OR NOT DELINQUENT[a]

================================+=========================+=======
| BOYS |
+------------+------------+
Extent of truancy | | Not | Total
| Delinquent | delinquent |
--------------------------------+------------+------------+-------
No truancy | 41 | 43 | 84
Occasional truancy | 17 | .. | 17
Serious truancy | 109 | 1 | 110
Boy physically disqualified for | | |
school attendance | 4 | .. | 4
--------------------------------+------------+------------+-------
Total | 171 | 44 | 215
--------------------------------+------------+------------+-------

[a] Information is not available as to the truancy of 79 of the 294 boys included in the study.

TABLE 15.--STATUS OF 163 BOYS NOT GAINFULLY EMPLOYED[a]

[a] Of the 294 boys, 100 were gainfully employed. Information is not available as to the status of 31 boys.

TABLE 16.--OCCUPATION AND WAGES OF 100 BOYS GAINFULLY EMPLOYED[a]

==========================+=========================================+===========+======
| BOYS EARNING | |
+------+------+------+------+------+------+ Boys |
| $2 | $3 | $4 | $5 | $6 | $7 | whose |
Occupation | and | and | and | and | and | and | earnings | All
| less | less | less | less | less | less | are not | boys
| than | than | than | than | than | than | available |
| $3 | $4 | $5 | $6 | $7 | more | |
--------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-----------+------
Errand boy | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 22
Office boy | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15
Piano factory worker | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14
Driver or driver’s helper | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 7
Stock boy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5
Printer’s apprentice | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4
Plumber’s apprentice | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4
Worker in factory other | | | | | | | |
than piano factory | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3
Cashboy | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3
Tailor’s helper | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3
Farmhand | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2
Checkboy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2
Messenger boy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2
Bakery worker | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2
Moving picture show | | | | | | | |
worker | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1
Freight checker | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1
Packer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1
Garage helper | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1
Plasterer’s helper | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Water boy, Metropolitan | | | | | | | |
Railroad | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1
Engineer’s helper | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1
Newspaper boy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1
Furnace company worker | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1
Water works worker | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1
Clerk | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1
Prisoner in navy prison | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1
--------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-----------+------
Total | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 99
--------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-----------+------

[a] Of the 294 boys, 163 were not gainfully employed. Information is not available as to the status of 31 boys.

REPORT OF CHILDREN’S COURT, 1913

EXCERPTS FROM ANNUAL REPORT COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

For the Year Ending December 31, 1913

The following tables and charts are taken from the annual report of the children’s court for the county of New York.

In the preparation of this report the court officials had the active co-operation of the Committee on Criminal Courts of the Charity Organization Society. With the approval of Frank Smith, the Chief Clerk of the Court of Special Sessions, and under the direction of Lawrence Veiller, Secretary of the Committee, the report was planned and compiled by George Everson, the Assistant Secretary of the Committee.

These statistics, based on a total of 9,019 cases and representing the juvenile delinquency of the entire county, make it possible for us to compare some of the features of juvenile lawlessness on the Middle West Side with corresponding conditions in the larger area. To quote from the report:

“The total number of arraignments in the Court for the year 1913
was 9,019. The statistical tables of this report are based on this
large number of cases. Any facts concerning juvenile delinquency in
these statistics should be of permanent scientific value because of
the fact of the large number of cases involved.

“In the present report an effort has been made to put before the
public more detailed information, in the form of statistical tables
and charts, than has been done in previous years. These tables, and
their illustrative graphics, will show to some extent the detail of
the work of the Court and will make available for popular use some
of the information which is carefully tabulated for each case that
comes into the Court during the year.

“Many pertinent and interesting facts concerning juvenile
delinquency are available from the court records. Owing to the
limited time at the disposal of the clerical staff for the
compilation of statistics from the individual records of the Court,
we have heretofore been unable to get as much of the information
before the public as we should like to have done. The assistance
which we have received from the Committee on Criminal Courts of the
Charity Organization Society has made it possible for us to put the
statistics in their present form, they having collaborated with our
staff, at the expenditure of considerable time and money, for which
we are considerably indebted.

“The installation of the probation system, with its very accurate
and detailed records of each case investigated by, or placed in
charge of probation officers, has put many more facts at our
disposal in regard to the family conditions, school and employment
records, etc., of children receiving probationary treatment. It
has been our purpose to include some of these facts of general and
scientific interest in this report.

“CHARTS AND GRAPHICS.--An effort has been made to illustrate the
most pertinent facts brought out in the statistical tables by some
simple charts and graphics; it is hoped that the reader will get at
a glance the gist of the tables so illustrated. In some instances,
the charts have been used to supplement the information included in
the tables accompanying them.

“SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY DISTINGUISHED.--It
will be noted that throughout the statistical tables distinction
has been made between cases of children arraigned as juvenile
delinquents and children arraigned in special proceedings. An
explanation of these terms may help the reader. The general
distinction, broadly stated, is the same distinction which is
generally made between delinquent and dependent children. Special
Proceedings, however, include beside improper guardianship cases,
so-called, all cases of truancy, ungovernable and disorderly
children, and cases of girls in danger of becoming morally
depraved. While these latter are considered by the Court as being
in need of the care and protection of the State, their offenses
often show evidence of grave moral turpitude, and the Court finds
them to be among the most difficult cases to handle.

“Whenever, in the case of a child brought before the Court on the
charge of juvenile delinquency, it shall appear in the course of
the trial that the child is without proper guardianship, or is in
unfavorable environment, he or she may be adjudged to be in need
of the care and protection of the State, and is then arraigned in
Special Proceedings.

“PROBATION.--Within the last two years great advances have been
made in probation in this Court. A complete and well-organized
system of probation records has been installed, and the Court
has the service of twenty-three probation officers who devote
their entire time and energy to the assistance and reformation
of children placed in their charge by the Court. The results of
their investigations are invaluable to the judge in making his
disposition of the cases, and their work in helping the boys and
girls to become good citizens is a great service to the community.
The only fault which we have to find with the present system is the
fact that the period of probation in general is not long enough to
allow the probation officer to do his best work with the children
under his charge. Table XXX, and its accompanying chart, shows the
length of the probation periods; it will be noted that one-quarter
of the cases are on probation for a period of two months or under,
while 80 per cent of them are for periods of less than six months.
It is the opinion of experts that proper probationary treatment
can be given only when the child is placed under the officer
for sufficient length of time to allow the officer to do really
constructive work with the child, so that it will be of lasting
influence in his life. If the offense is not sufficiently serious
to require a substantial probation period, then it is not of
sufficient importance to have the probation officer spend his time
with the case. In order to have longer probation periods a larger
corps of probation officers will be necessary.

“TRUANCY.--The report shows that there were 62 cases of violation
of the compulsory education law brought into the Court during
the year. Investigations of cases by the probation officers have
disclosed the appalling prevalence of truancy among juvenile
delinquents. Hundreds of cases are on record in the probation rooms
showing that children on probation have been habitual truants
previous to being brought into the Court on delinquency charges.”

Under the group of cases defined as Special Proceedings is often found the neglected young girl of the accompanying study by Ruth S. True. The columns in the following tables dealing with girls’ cases will throw some light on the charges on which she sometimes gets into court.

TABLE ONE

(TABLE XVIII.--Residence by Districts of Children Arraigned during 1913.[52] Report, pp. 72-73.)

========================================+===========================================================+
| JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
Districts and territory in districts | Male | Female | Total
+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
| Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent
----------------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
I. Below 14th St., East of 4th Ave., | | | | | |
Bowery and Catharine St. | 1,002 | 21.0 | 23 | 25.2 | 1,025 | 21.1
II. Below 14th St., West of 4th Ave., | | | | | |
Bowery and Catharine St. | 604 | 12.7 | 9 | 9.9 | 613 | 12.6
III. East of 6th Ave., from 14th St. to | | | | | |
63d St.[a] | 332 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.6 | 338 | 7.0
IV. West of 6th Ave., between 14th St. | | | | | |
and 62d St. | 499 | 10.5 | 10 | 11.0 | 509 | 10.5
V. East of 5th Ave., from 63d St. to | | | | | |
109th St.[b] | 667 | 14.0 | 16 | 17.6 | 683 | 14.1
VI. West of Central Park and 8th | | | | | |
Ave., from 62d St. to 126th St. | 253 | 5.3 | 4 | 4.4 | 257 | 5.3
VII. In Manhattan, East of 8th Ave., | | | | | |
North of 109th St.[c] | 597 | 12.5 | 12 | 13.2 | 609 | 12.5
VIII. West of 8th Ave. between 126th | | | | | |
St. and 155th St. | 91 | 1.9 | .. | .. | 91 | 1.9
IX. West of 8th Ave. and Harlem | | | | | |
River North of 155th St. | 32 | .7 | .. | .. | 32 | .7
X. All of The Bronx | 529 | 11.1 | 8 | 8.8 | 537 | 11.1
Brooklyn[d] | 113 | 2.4 | .. | .. | 113 | 2.3
All others | 29 | .6 | 2 | 2.2 | 31 | .6
Not stated | 15 | .3 | 1 | 1.1 | 16 | .3
----------------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
Total | 4,763 | 100.0 | 91 | 100.0 | 4,854 | 100.0
----------------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+

========================================+===========================================================+
| SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
Districts and territory in districts | Male | Female | Total
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent
----------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
I. Below 14th St., East of 4th Ave., | | | | | |
Bowery and Catharine St. | 473 | 17.8 | 235 | 15.5 | 708 | 17.0
II. Below 14th St., West of 4th Ave., | | | | | |
Bowery and Catharine St. | 278 | 10.4 | 123 | 8.1 | 401 | 9.6
III. East of 6th Ave., from 14th St. to | | | | | |
63d St.[a] | 192 | 7.2 | 152 | 10.0 | 344 | 8.3
IV. West of 6th Ave., between 14th St. | | | | | |
and 62d St. | 330 | 12.4 | 235 | 15.5 | 565 | 13.6
V. East of 5th Ave., from 63d St. to | | | | | |
109th St.[b] | 306 | 11.6 | 186 | 12.3 | 492 | 11.8
VI. West of Central Park and 8th | | | | | |
Ave., from 62d St. to 126th St. | 98 | 3.7 | 70 | 4.7 | 168 | 4.0
VII. In Manhattan, East of 8th Ave., | | | | | |
North of 109th St.[c] | 257 | 9.7 | 161 | 10.6 | 418 | 10.0
VIII. West of 8th Ave. between 126th | | | | | |
St. and 155th St. | 46 | 1.8 | 20 | 1.3 | 66 | 1.6
IX. West of 8th Ave. and Harlem | | | | | |
River North of 155th St. | 22 | .8 | 13 | .9 | 35 | .8
X. All of The Bronx | 308 | 11.7 | 191 | 12.6 | 499 | 12.0
Brooklyn[d] | 36 | 1.3 | 13 | .9 | 49 | 1.2
All others | 145 | 5.5 | 37 | 2.4 | 182 | 4.4
Not stated | 159 | 6.1 | 79 | 5.2 | 238 | 5.7
----------------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
Total | 2,650 | 100.0 | 1,515 | 100.0 | 4,165 | 100.0
----------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+

========================================+===========================================================+
| ALL CASES
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
Districts and territory in districts | Male | Female | Total
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent
----------------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+
I. Below 14th St., East of 4th Ave., | | | | | |
Bowery and Catharine St. | 1,475 | 19.9 | 258 | 16.0 | 1,733 | 19.2
II. Below 14th St., West of 4th Ave., | | | | | |
Bowery and Catharine St. | 882 | 11.9 | 132 | 8.2 | 1,014 | 11.3
III. East of 6th Ave., from 14th St. to | | | | | |
63d St.[a] | 524 | 7.1 | 158 | 9.8 | 682 | 7.6
IV. West of 6th Ave., between 14th St. | | | | | |
and 62d St. | 829 | 11.2 | 245 | 15.4 | 1,074 | 11.9
V. East of 5th Ave., from 63d St. to | | | | | |
109th St.[b] | 973 | 13.1 | 202 | 12.6 | 1,175 | 13.0
VI. West of Central Park and 8th | | | | | |
Ave., from 62d St. to 126th St. | 351 | 4.7 | 74 | 4.6 | 425 | 4.7
VII. In Manhattan, East of 8th Ave., | | | | | |
North of 109th St.[c] | 854 | 11.5 | 173 | 10.8 | 1,027 | 11.4
VIII. West of 8th Ave. between 126th | | | | | |
St. and 155th St. | 137 | 1.9 | 20 | 1.2 | 157 | 1.8
IX. West of 8th Ave. and Harlem | | | | | |
River North of 155th St. | 54 | .7 | 13 | .8 | 67 | .7
X. All of The Bronx | 837 | 11.3 | 199 | 12.4 | 1,036 | 11.5
Brooklyn[d] | 149 | 2.1 | 13 | .8 | 162 | 1.8
All others | 174 | 2.3 | 39 | 2.4 | 213 | 2.3
Not stated | 174 | 2.3 | 80 | 5.0 | 254 | 2.8
----------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
Total | 7,413 | 100.0 | 1,606 | 100.0 | 9,019 | 100.0
----------------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+

[a] East of 6th Ave., from 14th St. to 63d St. to 3d Ave.; and 64th St., from 3d Ave. to East River.

[b] East of 5th Ave., from 63d St. to 3d Ave., and 64th St., between 3d Ave. and East River, to 112th St. to 3d Ave., and 109th St. from 3d Ave. to the East River.

[c] In Manhattan, East of 8th Ave., North of. 110th St. to 5th Ave., and 112th St., from 5th Ave. to 3d Ave., and 109th St., from 3d Ave. to East River.

[d] Children living in Brooklyn, but arrested in Manhattan.

(CHART XIV.--Residence by Districts of Children Arraigned During 1913. Report, p. 74.)]

TABLE TWO

(TABLE IV.--Nature of Charges.[53] Report, p. 52.)

==================================+===================+===================+===================
| MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL
Charges +--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------
| Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent | Number | Per cent
----------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------
1. Juvenile delinquency:[a] | | | | | |
a. Assault | 236 | 5.0 | 10 | 11.0 | 246 | 5.1
b. Offenses against property | 1,212 | 25.3 | 25 | 27.4 | 1,237 | 25.4
c. Major offenses against the | | | | | |
peace | 584 | 12.3 | 12 | 13.2 | 596 | 12.3
d. Minor offenses against the | | | | | |
peace | 2,253 | 47.3 | 14 | 15.4 | 2,267 | 46.7
e. Unlawfully employed | 312 | 6.6 | 18 | 19.8 | 330 | 6.8
f. Violation of corporation | | | | | |
ordinances not included | | | | | |
above | 54 | 1.1 | 4 | 4.4 | 58 | 1.2
g. Unclassified | 112 | 2.4 | 8 | 8.8 | 120 | 2.5
----------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------
h. Total | 4,763 | 100.0 | 91 | 100.0 | 4,854 | 100.0
----------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------
| | | | | |
2. Special proceedings:[b] | | | | | |
a. Improper guardianship | 2,199 | 82.9 | 1,271 | 83.9 | 3,470 | 83.3
b. Sex offenses | 18 | .7 | 135 | 8.9 | 153 | 3.7
c. Ungovernable and | | | | | |
disorderly children | 376 | 14.2 | 104 | 6.9 | 480 | 11.5
d. Truancy | 57 | 2.2 | 5 | .3 | 62 | 1.5
----------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------
e. Total | 2,650 | 100.0 | 1,515 | 100.0 | 4,165 | 100.0
----------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------
| | | | | |
3. Total, all cases: | | | | | |
a. Juvenile delinquency | 4,763 | 64.3 | 91 | 5.7 | 4,854 | 53.8
b. Special proceedings | 2,650 | 35.7 | 1,515 | 94.3 | 4,165 | 46.2
----------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------
c. Grand total | 7,413 | 100.0 | 1,606 | 100.0 | 9,019 | 100.0
----------------------------------+--------+----------+--------+----------+--------+----------

[a] _Juvenile Delinquency_: _Assault_ includes third degree and felonious assault; _Offenses against property_ includes burglary, robbery, grand and petit larceny, and unlawful entry; _Major offenses against the peace_ includes disorderly conduct as defined by Section 43, Penal Law; carrying dangerous weapons and discharging firearms; _Minor offenses against the peace_ includes disorderly conduct as defined under Section 720 and violation of railroad law. _Unlawfully employed_, includes peddling and violation of the labor law.

[b] _Special Proceedings_: _Improper guardianship_ includes destitute, neglected, and ill-treated children; _Sex offenses_ includes cases under Section 353, laws of 1886, and cases of sex immorality defined in

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