Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
NEW LIGHT ON CRIME. HI.-The Chicago Municipal Court
BY FREDERIC 7. HAsKIN

,,arter who have case in which they concerned
in progress anywhere drift into the domestic relations
court room for directions 1t has proved neces
sarv to take one of big of the building
and use it for a waiting for the families CON
cerned domestic relations cases The families cone
in force and bring children There is special room
provided where babies be slowed for safe keeping
in charge a very competent nurse who is generally
able to give mother valuable medical advice in
cidentalIy They had thirty-two babies
n at
The eases take the usual run of such cases in big
city-desertion, cruelty, non-support. BefoNe they
actually go judge the workers attached to the
court try sraghten matters out without actual trial
and They have before them lists Of all the
social welfare associations in Chicago; they lay
their finger the right moments notice If it
is a Polish Bohemian Jewish family that is
having difficulties they call in the society
and society will and add its influence in the
matter. pointing out what disgrace it will be to the
involved if the matter up to court If the
principals Catholics the priest may be asked to
help. No court in the world has such an immense
machinery welfare it's back the domestic
relations court.
The boys court established by Chief Justice
in 1914, is a similarly specialized branch, all
boys between II and 81 up for trial The
mendous significance of this lies in the
critical the boys life when got
handled right if there be hope for his
The great majority of crimes committed between
of is and "a The criminal age" all the
world ranges from 16 to 24here in the United States
from 10 to p.
The third special branch court. the morals court.
bears about the relation young girls that the
boys court does the boys and is similarly important
Younger children of both go to
the Chicago Juvenile court, which part the
municipal court, but is famous its 1t
the first Juvenile court in America, and has its
own psychopathic laboratory also pioneer in the field
specialization of the municipal court branches
operation of the psychopathic laboratory
established connection much easier Most of the sub
ecs taken the laboratory for the testing of their
minds and examination for mental defect from
these domestic relations the boys and
the morals gathered the criminals who
most significant people starting
out on their somewhat unpromising careers, and hus
bands and suffer from exaggerated jealousy
deIusons to the fahfulness of their helpmates-
both enough Affections in court
laboratory finding a high percentage of feeble
mindedness mental arrangement among those that
examines. they largely selected cases,
laboratory does in for general conclusions
percentages but any look results
and see that the percentages run high. 1t is new
conception in ways for society adjust
viewpoint to- many of criminals and most of
the serious Ones have something matter with
their minds Such being the case, hard to
where punishment helps.
In some ways outlook discouraging than
the older one which the criminal knowing good
and evil and choosing evil minister after
studying work of the experts said a judge, IT
feel that 1 am going be able sleep a nights
again. have working with these people, and the
thought that I making progress has kept
awake II is true that their minds wrong-and
feel that in the light of what have seen-then
my failure fault of mine" And a
to the same judge Il faith God and
humanity 1 that it's their fault that
they o what they do" So apparently consolation
extracted from the viewpoint; and perhaps
a plan bringing about better things in this
generation but in the