Smyrna times., 1933-10-18
F[yE TAKES llESuc
and Girls Lured in
h. % Of Active Criminal
il United States
|sAr OF STATISTICS

....,,-YOuth continues to
'hlnsl.I alsts n the ranks of crime.
nlan'f ana girls i Of nineteen form aan
.,ast ~ Individual group in !. the ne
y is',1 element. one-flfth fifth o. Of a. a.
~. slr't tTenty-One. three-ffths
rsons under thirty thirty written in
sH'sr S's prints in the files OF
r,I+sd Tss states bureau Of lnyes, tsr
l. rl'i during the first six mo9ans o1ans
y q 'I1 while II set no prece edent
y, y stIIl another chapter to
toy Of youths ieaIsiSn.r .",a nariod.
y WITH tbe investigation bureau
.I.,s y + began several years
! catalogue finger prints OF
-. orrasted for q GRIM
rpnse in the United States.
fine analyzing its statistics
s,s,u found in them a new in
T. tbat 4 is a short step from
\, first Offense to more Sc
nd deliberate crimes.
etpen year Olds. it was point.
N exceeded the number q
Esn.vear.old offenders by only
|, ,eut when the whole group
Fsrses was taken into consider
Mn minor crimes pulling the
y down. But in the more Sc
sfenses the number Of nine
ber-Old criminals exceeded
|',r. .voar.olds by these mar
Criminal homicide, IA per
carrying weapons, 81 per
| assault, "a per cent; robbery,
D cent.
Take to Serious Crimes.
~ figures" the bureau stated,
70 Indicate that youthful Of
II 70 quickly to the more Sc
crimes"
tilg the first half Of this year,
ureau reported, 159,499 arrests
made in the United States
Ehe finger prints Of the arrested
BIS transmitted to the Depart
Of Justice. Of that total, 81
r 2O1 per cent we're under
)yOne years Of age and 62,977,
b5 per cent, we're under twenty
I the total number arrested. the
ku said, only 11,O29, or SO
ent we're women. Their most
bent ofenses we're disorderly
bet drunkenness and vagrancy,
fich 1868 cases we're reported ;
by, with 1910 cases, and sex
ses, with 1896 arrests.
klrty-fVe per cent Of the 159, ,49S
Fns arrested during the six
Fhs period had previous arrest
ds already on file in the bu-
q Investigation, it was said.
Fhis does not mean that they
previously convicted, nor does
Fan that they we're previously
ed with committing the same
se' the bureau explained, how
It means merely that at
previous time they we're ar
and fnger-printed and copies
niger print records were for
Fed to the bureau at Washing
I Of ten arrested for viola
ID the narcotic drug laws and
0nnately four Of each ten
A with forgery and counter
fg, disOrderly conduct drpnk-
n Vagrancy, robbery and en-
Eenent and fraud had pre-
records the report added.
Burglary Most Popular.
bureau found burglary the
prevalent crime among eight
Ea,i Ilaa Nineteen year olds. During
~ year. It was said 6,25S per-
under twenty-one were arrest.
y als Offense. Larceny, with
/ arss's' ' was second among the
'Oulaiul criminals, while dis
~ y eOnduct, drunkenness and va
~ (S,,. vas third with 1851 cases.
1 'muoD rnso there were, among per-
|,ss 1uaef twenty-One, 2,459 cases
,., 'SeosIy, 2,45S of auto theft, s09
lalaal ,aa !. homicide, 400 of rane
EOns. ""u possessing
'ae .s,s end Of June, 1888, the bu.
1, 1aia, D.ia.. there were 8,7SO,5s4
lsS1 ynl's u. on record in its files
'.'s ~, ,4S index cards, contain
H. ss ., o. aliases of criminals
|tp,T0oaatta Toata Of June, it was said
\ 's1.ses ,s.' from justice were iden- den
AAUQEl thpca