The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-26
Central Bureau OF Delinquency
Records Proposed By Miss Crowley
Officer Speaking Points Conn
Would Duties Office
Dignity of Career Not Mere Sob"


establishment OF a state aepalt-
ment OF propatlon was urgeo py MISS
Kathleen CROWLEY waterbury pro-
baton OFFICER, speaking YESTERDAY
at the 18th annual meetng OF tne
Connecticut conference OF oociai
Work In Hartford.
Among otner WaterpurlanS IN
attendance were Guy court Judge
1olli ~ osA. ., ..os tv, t,,rao,,
Pen: Va .,,,;to 'e s,,,,ar;,,+aodant
tn1sS Lay ~ 1850 ,+ se a,,d har
VI e.ie Mu.ale usp"A r g' ~ ~ ~
Staii, ~1 1I M ~. ,Sornorat
ai LIN, !,oaHo, ao 1 100 as.eo;o
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'ion: an. s.r...
Miss OTo"iey .aA toi0 9. Go.
Anere uie ou'e.a .'
aDout plopaI Jul, ~ SELLS ~, :" 60 s'
Iliat siiouio VIC Aepy ~ VIZ 80
tiolC VI oul eoistA ~ r;''o = -,
tiSuialy n we wans W si,t 80 ~
plopei piaSe ~ 1ilAo s.o@0 s S.a
CoIniScsicu1 we n. uSo o res,,
straigns couiSe-wi III, ao - 10 $50 aro
poses tllat we Aiiow w. We a."
going ana why. opa'iv n;..a.i.,
ooa ;.;e;a &c Lev 1870 a,,or ters so
crlticlzeo iloii: many wa '1 t;s,,o So
Hucn So Iiiat ~ a', 10 a. '
Seenls ilAS q .oiseA No 49,
Our taSA tiils a. Veiilu So.;a - " vo -
sloeration u 'iie ploDa.los 100 90 ~
was YESTERDAY, as ~ - soaaS
we nope IL WILL NC 'oiiioiio"'
According to TWO surveys WIN
which many OF you are tamlilar' II
would seem tnat we nave peen Try
ing to bridge the river OF caring
for delinquency and crime IN Con-
necticut without a blue PRINT. we
spend on adult proDaJlon as nearly
as I can find out $63, 600 per year.
We nave proDatlon oHlcerS put no
direction. We have records but no
way OF checking their accuracy.
We have training, devotion, ex-
perience and understanding enough
In the personalities OF our propa-
ton officers but no one consuitS
Us when some new and worth
while policy is being CONSIDERED
policy often Whlcn aHectS our
welfare as well as the course our
work may follow.
We have courts which sentence
human beings to prison, jail, re.
formatory ana training schooi
without ever taxing tlme 10 WISH
t2eSe HSlltutlonS ana become &C
quainted with the o1iclals VINO are
responsible 1or the we1are OF tnose
who are committed 10 tner m
fiuence and guidance. Such o11l-
Gals the courts trust ana nope
nay re-vltallze tEeSe unIortunaoeS
ana SEND tnem PACK 10 society more
able to carry on IN world whose
condltlons minus sucn framing
ana renapllltatlon Woulo Destroy
tnem.
Ihere are propatlon Officers mere
today VINO coulo cite instances OF
insult and sarcasm on tne part OF
attorneys, VINO are, peneye, alSo
oHicers OF the court. fortunateiy
Sucn lawyers are rev III numbers
because tney. IKE tneir more en-
ngnteneo protnerS Wen tralneo III
lega! problems ana tnelr solution,
aie learning more ana more tnat
tne propatlon onlcer whose Iran-
ing ana experience IN the solutlon
OF problems hvoiVmg human re-
iations can ana WILL IN tne ma
lorlty OF cases, pc OF assistance W
tnem peIore the court.
our rroDatioh Law
1nnuencso py the example OF
Massacnusetts, tne Comnecticus
GeneIal Assembly In 1soo passed
an act concerning proDatlon WHICH
mas consIiSuteo tne Jaw On tllis
suoJecC ana mas NOV oeeIi Cliaaeea
IN any OF ltS announcements SINCE