The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-13
l[IQUENCY SHOWS
SHARP INCREASE.

MAAl 1sOANAA AHA
Increase in juvenile de-
sharp a ns reflected in statistics
fsquencss,,, esterday from the office
t,ssssd city juvenile court rt,+,h has
i the he COZ concern of local auth0r''
sss .begotten rise in juvenile
4 val .surasnghout the nation as
zine I Inca1Iy has brought warn
eel Am, national figures
rs n ,a The past two months ::
puFi lss court 'l,u has considered 80
.ae, the , e delinquents, as
a,s' in'v With IS handled during
COMPARE. ND November. 1sA-an
os 'tss,s Of 81 per cent
asss', .otal number Of cases dealt
The to!sl la october and Novem-
th {. aas mis- year was "A. Thirty
BET Of w. considered during the
sr T ssriod last year. OF the first
nns pea ~ we're delinquents, four
'rnssr' , 80 s seven dependents. The
r'an'ss ~ @ october and November,
wal lol ,,,ded l8 delinquents, seven
w. l aasd six dependents and three
rlsnts' ,n.r..e. has
An ,e esy' by Wilmington and New
ssea no.'G authorities in the num-
H'n0 y, minor incidents involving
s ,svs o Of the older 'teen-age group. e ~
the a siig. officers is the
ls sI NUMBER Of offenders being
'n1Ts5igned in the regular ra1 +. courts =" Is
'' 49,. T. c. Layton, clerk OF the
.. MIL court, said that although
~ n' work Of her office had lncreas-
me :, ,""s sst that probably was
Cd '. vi +Se fact that more problems
Due " n 10Y nature are being
Brought to the office:
css nointed out that people are
.' .4s to realize that they can
s ~ holm from the juvenile depart
~ .,+ 4' which tendency, Mrs. Layton
,n,,tinued, also accounts for a u
. ". cent rise during the past six
P sl s in the number of actual
, .,.s' considered by the depart
nen..
That figure is based on statistics
y' r.' / 1914, to May /, 1915, against
NM. .sowine AIS cases disposed OF from
~ handled from May 1 to Nov.
J. 1915.
. breakdown Of the November
..nort nj the court, as submitted
Nv ! Hardy Ferguson, juvenile
,o,rt Judge, and Mrs. ]. c. Lay
,n shows the following:
Nine court sessions were held
and Is cases were considered by
;vanile authorities. Of the num-
ber, q involved delinquents, three
iecendents, and one truant.
Mrs. Layton serves as probation
officer for white children. and j.
Il Holmes handles the Negro
| cases.
During November, six white boys
and two Negro youths were COM
nitted to training schools, sus-
pended; five white boys were
,srOled to parents, one Negro boy
vas paroled to his mother, one
white girl and one Negro girl were
committed to training schools.
No children are committed to
training school on first offense,
Mrs. Layton explained. Those COM
mitted during the month had brok-
IN conditions Of previous suspend
ID sentences.
Eighty-three cases, 43 white and
10 Negro, were handled out of
court. The majority of these in
stances, the report showed, were
nsghborhood problems. Action and
Investigations by juvenile author
ites resulted in one youths find
ing employment, two returning to
school and two others starting
paper routes.
A number Of consultations were
held with church groups, officers
a the law, welfare workers and
parents and guardians.
Mrs. Layton listed visits involv-
hg white children as follows, Of
nee l5S; home, 30; collateral, 80.
Collateral visits are interviews
Win persons other than the child
@members Of the family involved
naoe IN order to gather additional
Mofmation about the case.
negro visits were listed as fol
' eSs' office. 50; home, 50; col
lateral, 81.
Inc report showed an increase
" Oo'n the number of cases con-
aaefed in court and the number
Aaoled out Of court over Ccto-
'ets totals.
IN October, eight courts were
% oslaied and 10 cases considered.
Nuns " number IL were delinquents,
's s lruants and four dependents.
seveAty-two problems were dis
y Negro. ~ "'N'e '''N
Nv is NO Negro boys we're commit
~, Nv 70 framing schools and one Ne
" wy! soulh committed, suspended.
N I .e visits included 148 office,
" Nun aOme and "a collateral.
Man, ssl 70 visits totaled office, 11e,
''"'s 49, and collateral 81.