The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-09
Three Departments.

Juvenile court work naturally divides
itself into three separate and distinct
depa rtmeuts. each department having
its own peculiar duties to perform.
They are.
Ftrst-The apprehendinE department.
ScCond-The investigating or seEre-
eating department.
Third-The probation department.
Before the court can be brought no
To- a high standard OF efficiency. these
departments must be thoroughly equip
ped with men and women who are pc
culiarly adapted to the work or the
depa rtmeut In which they labor. IL is
seldom. if ever. man or woman can
De found possessing all OF the qualifi-
cations necessary 10 enable him or her
TO properly perform all the duties OF
these separate departments. man
. might be n first class aDprehendinE Of
ficer. but useless as q probation off
cor or vice versa But say. for illus
tratiou. that we could find man pos
scEsinC all Of the qualifications neCes-
sarv Co enable him 20 labor I'm all Of
these various departments as proba-
tion officer. he would be unqualified
/ 10 accomplish the best results In deal
ing with "a boy whom nc himself had
apprehcuded and brought before the
court. lie might successfully reach
the heart or the young offender who
had been apprehended by another Of
ficer and ne might be successful in
guiding him on 90 useful citizenship.
Re might apprehcnd and bring before
the court a boy or girl as successfully
T
with the court. but the very fact that
hc was the one who unprecedented and
brought this boy or girl before the
court. and Informed the court Of an the
dieagrceable features connected with
the case would disuUalifv him to act i'm
the capacity Of probation officer in
the dealing with this particular case.
4 man might be thoroughly qualified
TO apprehcnd and bring before the court
adults who have contributed TO the de-
linuucncy OF minors and yet not be "a
Z "a To- nF % NJ
Tenders. Thus IN the apDrehending de-
pa rtmcnt We should have officers whose
exclusive duty rs TO deal with adults
who are contributing to the delin-
quency Of boys and girls. We should
also have officers who devote their
entire time 10 the experimenting Of
minors. In order to effectively perform
these duties the officers should be par
ticulsrly adapted 20 their labor
The Investigating and scgregatinr
dc nartment is one Of great Importance
and requires men and women with
broad minds to properly perform the
duties connected with this department
n should he tho duty OF this depart
mcnt TO investigate eli cases brought
TO the attention OF the juvenile court
and 20 determine whether 1t would be
I FOR the child's best interest to take the
case before the court or TO settle Ia out
OF court. In deciding this point this
department should be so equipped as to
enable IL 60 make a thorough investi-
cation OF the home and neiEhborhood
conditions In which the child in ques-
Z tion is being reared.
Making OF Complaints.
~ should also be the duty OF this de-
pa rtmcnt 10 make out all the COM
I plants. serve All notices and furnish
/ the court with all necessary informa 81
ton relative % the case. In order 20
have this department do its full duty.
l IL would require about four officers TO
handle the situation In salt Lake coun-
~ One Of these officers should be a
/ competent physician. whose duty it
would be TO make q physical eNamina-
] tion Or every boy and girl who is to
~ before the court and determine
whether OF not tile delinquency Is due