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Evening star., 1953-08-30

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Evening star., 1953-08-30

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Evening star., 1953-09-06

the volume of complaints reach
ing Juvenile Court against ju-
venileS has increased by IS per
cent in the past two years alone
and the number of children in
volved in these complaints has
increased So per cent.
Juvenile squad figures show
that many boys are getting into
fresh trouble. either while they
are waiting for their cases to
reach the judge or afterwards.
OF the 2.015 boys whose cases
went to court from the juvenile
squad during fiscal 1853, a total
of 1921 boys against whom
there were 1886 complaints were
sent to court only once during
that year. This does not take
into account what they may
have done the previous year.
OF the others, 228 boys. against
whom there were 814 complaints,
went to court twice; lit, against
whom there were $50 complaints,
went to court three times; 81,
against whom there were 254
complaints, went to court four
times; nine, against whom there
were 86 complaints, went to court
five times, and three. against
whom there were % complaints,
went to court six times.
Figures like these are behind
the repeater story.
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Problem Grows But
Stats Stdy Small

To cope with this tremendous
expansion of child problems in
volving both the delinquent and
the dependents case load that
has grown from 662 children in
1947 to 1.462 in 1953-exactly
six case workers have been added
in the child welfare division
since 1947.
This lack of balance between
the size of the juvenile problem
and the size of the court and
welfare stats assigned to cope
with it obviously was one of the
things DR.. Martha M. Eliot, chief
of the Children's Bureau of the
Department of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare, had in mind
when she commented last week
that present Washington serv-
ices aren't equal to the task
presented by the growing prob
lem of juvenile delinquency here.
The delay in getting cases
before the Juvenile Court judge,
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the tremendous number of chill
dren that must be supervised by
each court probation officer, the
necessity of getting children out
of institutions in a hurry to
make room for others, the large
number of children each case
worker must supervise after
their release all have a Dear
ing on this statement frequently
made by police dealing with
juvenile offenders:
1--WE tell them they've done
something serious. They laugh
at U.S."
The Star survey included talks
with police captains and precinct
detectives. merchants and leaders
Of citizens. civic and business
groups, spokesmen for chain
stores and theaters, school and
utility officials. It is limited to
children under >18-those who
would come into Juvenile Court
and as far as possible pictures
the present situation and recent
cases.
The precincts survey follows:
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Eiqhth Precinct
Areo: 9.42 squore miles.
pnnuIof,on. * nan

Area: 9.42 squore miles.
Population: 5000.
Percentage Of precinct orrests Of ju-
Veniles. Jonuory-June, 1858: o.6.
This area, embracing Chevy
Chase, D. c., Cleveland Park and
Spring Valley, averages a high
percentage of owner occupied
homes, adults who have COM
pleted some college work and
family incomes ranging from an
average of $4,000 in one section
to $7,700 or more in another.
No juvenile complaints reached
Juvenile Court from one section
of the precinct in fiscal 1858.
The precinct recorded only nine
juvenile arrests for felonies and
nine for misdemeanors in the
first half of this year. The nine
felony arrests were for car steal
ing.
Two theater chains reported
more trouble with juveniles in
their Eighth Precinct movie
houses-the Avalon on Connect
icut avenue and the Apex on
Massachusetts, avenue-than in
any others in their chains. The
Hot Shoppe in the 4400 block of
Connecticut avenue reports
weekend troubles with teenagers.
Complaints of fights. pilfering,
unpaid checks and bad language
involving children who congre-
gated on the sidewalks or at bus
stops before or after attending
"Bandstand Matinee" the Sta
ton WMAL-TV show for teen
ayers, were reported, although
there was no disorder in the stu
dios Merchants in the area now
say the children are better be-
haved since the station weeded
out trouble-makers through a
new screening system, and police
report no recent complaints. A
drugstore several blocks away
and further north on Con-
necticut avenue reported pilfer-
ing by neighborhood children.
Among recent cases: A group
Of 15-year-olds sliced 80 tires on
bicycles parked behind Phoebe
Hearst School One 17-year-old
admitted turning in so many
false alarms he couldn't remem-
ber them all. The poor box Of
an area church was rifled by Is
year-olds.
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Seventh Precinct

Area: ats square miles.
Population: 35.607.
Percentage Of precinct arrests Of iu-
veniIes. January June, 1883: 3.6.
In Georgetown, where high
income families have pushed out
many of the long time low-in-
come groups, family income in
! one area averages below $1,000
while in most other sections, the
income rises from $4,000. The
average adult has completed
high school and year or more
of college.
Arrests of juveniles for car
stealing increased sharply here
from eight in the first six months
of 1852 to 35 in the same period
of 1858. At the same time, juve-
nile housebreaking cases dropped
from A to Is. This drop was
partially due to the exodus from
the Industrial Home School of
a 10-year -old who was accused
of some so housebreakings in the
precinct both before and after he
was admitted to the school. Last
fall, he was removed from the
school. The school reports COM
plants on half a dozen boys this
year, including shop lifting and
car theft. The school is due to
leave Wisconsin and move to
the Children's Center at Laurel,
Md, this winter. For the pre-
cinct in the first half Of this
year. juveniles were arrested for
So felonies and so misdemeanors.
Among recent cases: Vandals
caused $4,000 worth of damage
to the interior Of a 90-year-old
Georgetown mansion at 1925
Thirty fifth street NV. Police
believe the vandals were juve-
niles.
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Sixth Precinct
Area: SCI squore miles.
Population: 81 3o6

Area: 5.6l squore miles.
Population: 1896.
Percentage Of precinct orrests Of iu-
veniles, January June, 1883: Ia.
In this area OF low juvenile
crime, more than half the homes
are owner occupied and range
in value from an average of
$13.700 in some sections to above
$4,000 in others. The average
adult has completed high school
and had half a year of college
Two sectionS-one in the ex-
treme northwest, the other at
the lower end of the precinct
and embracing the Crestwood
area of the Tenth precinct
had no complaints reaching Ju-
venile Court in fiscal year.
Nine juvenile arrests for
housebreaking and three for car
stealing were the precincts only
felonies involving juveniles in
the first half of this year. Po-
lice report a number of recent
complaints of bicycle stealing
and they are also looking for a
youthful daylight robber who
rides his rounds on a bicycle
and, if spotted, claims he's look
ing for his grandmother or
wants to buy a parakeet.
Twenty-seven Juvenile mis-
demeanor arrests were reported
during the first six months. Po-
lice reported cooperation Of
parents in curbing teen-agerS.
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Eleventh Precinct
Areo: 8.98 square miles.
Population: S6,344.

Area: S.98 squore miles.
Population: 86.344.
Percentage Of precinct arrests Of iu-
veniIes, Jonuory- June. 1858: So.
This once semi-rural Southeast
suburb is becoming a populo0s
urban area of apartment housing
and shopping centerS. It is
thickly populated with children.
The average adult has completed
high school. Family incomes
range from an average of $2,500
in one section to $4,400 in an
other.
A central section Of the pre-
cinct lying between the Anacos-
tia River and the District line
Immediately north of st. Eliza
beth's Hospital produced among
the highest number of complaints
to Juvenile Court in fiscal 1858.
More than a third of the popu-
lation of this section are chill
dren under 18.
A wave of car thefts broke out
a month ago. A group of boys,
aged 13 to Is, were arrested after
a series of housebreakings in the
Congress Heights area. Repeated
break-ins and vandalism at Con-
greSs Heights School led to the
recent formation of the Greater
Congress Heights Area Civic Re-
sponsibility Committee. In the
Stanton road and Frederick
Douglass dwellings, group of
fathers has been doing patrol
work. Juvenile arrests for rob-
berry rose from three during the
first six months of 1852 to 10 in
the first six months of this year.
HouSebreaking cases involving
juveniles increased in the same
period from 81 to 81. In the first
half Of this year. juveniles were
arrested in SO felonies and 112
misdemeanors.
Among recent cases: A 16-
year-old with a car theft record
was arrested for looting a drug
store safe of $700. In the course
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Attitudes of Parents
OF Wrong-doers Vary

He will find insistent demands
that more responsibility be
placed on the parents. He will
find varying attitudes among
the parents. Some of the par
ents whose children get into
trouble will work with the po-
lice and the court to see hat
it doesn't happen again Others
will insist that the police are
wrong. that it was some other
child. not their own, who COM
mitted an offenSe. Some parents
are indifferent. Some will Iie
for their young, like the mother
who insisted the brand-new
leather jacket stolen from a
parked car was actually her
Christmas present to her boy.
And some will use the fruits of
their children's crime.
The investigators will find II
now takes the Juvenile Court
social workers two months to
complete their investigation OF
a boy before he goes before the
judge-if he goes before the
judge. This time lag is due to
insufficient staff. The nationally
accepted case load for a juvenile
court worker is 40 cases. In the
Juvenile Court here, the worker
who makes the original investi-
CATION averages IS cases and
the probation officers carry IS
cases at a time.
Since 1948 the only addition
to the Juvenile Court staff has
been one statistical clerk and
this year at least one employe
will be lost to absorb Within
grade pay boosts. In contrast
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Fourth Precinct
Areo: l.29 square miles.
Population: 30,0S2.

Area: l.ZS square miles.
Population: 30.0S2.
Percentage Of precinct arrests Of iu-
veniIes, Jonuory- June, 1858: 81.
A section Of this Southwest
precinct-from the Mall south to
M street and from South Capitol
west to Fourth street-produced
the largest number of complaints
to Juvenile Court of any section
of the city in July. For 1852.
complaints to the court from this
area were at the rate of SO per
thousand children. Here, the
average adult has completed just
over seven grades in school. earns
$1,860 annually and pays $27 a
month rent. Elsewhere in the
precinct. where last years rate
of complaints ranged from 81 to
so per thousand children, the
average adult has completed
grammar school. earns between
81 900 and 81, 500 annually.
Of the 81 juvenile arrests for
housebreaking in the precinct
during the first half of 1858, all
but one Of those arrested was Is
years or younger. Recently, po-
lice caught three young gangs,
which had been breaking into
seven to 10 places a month. One
Of the four had been arrested
four times within the year. The
Southwest Farmers Market COM
plains of children f1lching fruit
at night; the fish wharf reports
children grabbing fish from the
back platform and children have
knocked out all the window
panes on one side of Syphax
School. During the first half of
this year, juvenile arrests were
made in 81 felonies and so mis-
demeanorS.
Among recent cases: A 13-
year-old would-be housebreaker
suffocated in a ventilator duct
as he tried to squirm through to
the inside of a restaurant in the
200 block of Fourth street S.W.
A 14-year-old breaking into a
grocery in the 200 block of N
street S.W. was shot and killed
by a policeman who thought the
screwdriver in the boys hand
was a pistol. Four undercover
police were driven out of Hun
toon court between N and o
streets S.W. by Is juveniles hurl-
ing rocks and bottles to protect
their parents bootlegging ac-
tivitieS.
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Tenth Precinct
Area: 3.55 square miles.
Population: S2,0l2.

Population: S2,0l2. &
Percentage Of precinct orrests Of iu-
veniIes, Jonuory- June, 1888: 2.7.
In this Northwest area there
are no heavy concentrations OF
children. Family incomes vary
from an average of $1,000 or
more in the Crestwood area to
an average of $4,000 in the Sec
tion between Eleventh street and
Georgia avenue below Harvard
street.
The Crestwood area was free
of complaints to Juvenile Court
in fiscal 1858. The section below
Harvard street showed COM
plants at the rate of 61.3 per
thousand children. The second
highest rate came from the tract
between Thirteenth and Eleventh
streets. Park and Spring roads
where complaints were received
at the rate of 52.4 per thousand
children
The precinct is the third low
est in the city for juvenile
arrests. PurSe-snatching and
housebreaking are the principal
juvenile offenses. Twelve house.
breaking cases were cleared up
last winter with the capture of
a ring of juveniles MASTER
minded by a 14-year -old and
preying on Fourteenth street and
Georgia avenue stores. Juveniles
were arrested in 43 felonies and
"a misdemeanors during the first
half of 1858.
Among recent cases: Two
youths robbed four victims by
yoking in two nights in the Mt.
Pleasant area.
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This precinct is one of the three
worst in the city for school van
dalism and break-ins. On three
blocks off Benning road NE,
bare bulbs rather than globes
are used to reduce breakage costs.
From July Is to August Is this
year. the precinct recorded more
than 100 complaints involving
juveniles. These ran the gamut
of street beatingS. attempted
rape, arson, depredations to autos
and houses and robbery. In the
first six months. IA juvenile ar
rests were made for aggravated
assault-the highest of any pre-
cinct. Juveniles also were ar
rested in four rape, Is robbery, A
housebreaking, eight grand lar
ceny. four auto theft and one
other felony case, for a total Of
81. Juveniles were arrested for
191 misdemeanorS.
Among recent cases: Four girls
invaded a drug store at Eleventh
and H streets NE, started pick
ing up merchandise and beat
up four protesting clerks before
they ran with their loot. Two
boys yoke-robbed three men
within three days at Fifth and
G streets NE. Ten juveniles
ranging in age from seven to IA
were rounded up in one house.
breaking. Two juveniles jumped
policeman coming to the rescue
Of a woman they were molesting
at Thirteenth and D streets NE.
One child slashed another with
razor blade in the 1000 block
Of Tenth street NE. A 16-year-
old caught hiding in an oil furn-
ace admitted looting three safes
of 81 400 in a month.
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Many Agencies Work
On Problem but None
Co-ordinates Efforts
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with teachers and police, some
ground has been gained against
juvenile crime.
But for the city as whole,
It was obvious that each agency
dealing with children is going
its separate, over-worked way
with only token liaiSon between
the agencies.
The Juvenile Courts secrecy
policy is one roadblock. For
instance, a church interested in
helping a child can get no in
formation from the court.
Neither can a welfare agency,
unless the child is specifically
referred to the agency by the
court.
The Board Of Public Welfare
and the National Training School
for Boys get a summary OF a
child's history the day the child
Is COI1IIl1UGCQ-44OO OC4OANB oO
plans can be made for him in
advance,
The police do not know what
happens in the court after a boy
is sent there. The only informa-
ton they learn is whether or not
the case reaches the judge and
the only reason they find that out
is because they are called to
swear to the petition. They do
not know the final disposition.
Probation officers Of adult
courts can get information to
aid In pre-sentence investiga-
tions when a boy known to Ju-
venile Court is found guilty Of a
crime in District or Municipal
Courts. Court officials estimated
these requests from probation
officers are coming several times
weekly-an indication Of how
many juvenile offenders are
moving on to become adult
offenders.
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Twelfth Precinct
Area: $50 squore miles.

Area: 6.S9 square miles.
Population: 53,932.
Percentage Of precinct arrests Of juvs.
niles, January June, 1853: 4.S.
This Northeast precinct re-
fleets a much wider range in the
rate Of juvenile offenses than in
income or education. In the
lexington Mckinley High School
area, where the average adult has
completed two years of high
school and the family income
averages $4,000 annually, COM
plants to Juvenile Court last
year were at the rate of 65.6 per
thousand children. In the neigh
boring area to the northeast
where the average adult has fin
iShed high school and the aver
age income is $4,000 annually,
complaints were at the rate Of
81 per thousand children.
Movement of new families into
sections of this precinct has re-
suited in some fights, particularly
around Fairgrounds. The areas
biggest juvenile problem cur
rently is caf-stealing. In the
past four months, is boys have
been arrested for auto theft.
Six boys from IA to II &C
counted for most of the % rob-
berry charges lodged against jul
veniles in the first half of this
year, compared with none in the
same period last year. When
they were caught attempting a
robbery near the viaduct at
Eighth street and Rhode Island
avenue NE. and questioning
brought out other cases, each
was charged with two robberies
and an attempted one for a total
of 18. -Four boys were rounded
up in one day for four purse
snatchings on Third street NE.
off Lincoln road. In the first
half Of this year, the precinct
arrested juveniles in Sc felonieS
and II miSdemeanorS.
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Court last year ranged from 81
to 103 complaints per 1000 chill
dren.
Sixty five robberies were closed
with the arrest Of juveniles in
this precinct in the first six
months Of this year. This was
almost three times as many as
in any other precinct during the
same period. Police estimate 40
per cent of the crime in this
precinct is committed by juve-
niles. They were arrested for 76
of the precincts housebreaking
in the January-June period.
School officials report this is
one of the three worst precincts
in town for school vandalism.
The Auto Squad reports it is one
of the three or four worst pre-
cincts for auto theftS. A dime
store manager in the 400 block
Of Seventh street NV. says he
has operated stores in rough
neighborhoodS, but for shop
lifting by juveniles this is the
worst I've ever SEEN" Similar
reports of thievery by juveniles
came from Center Market and
from food stores in the 1000
block, 100 block, 1900 block, 1900
block and 1900 block of North
Capitol street, among others.
There were 165 juvenile arrests
for felonies and 66 for misde-
meanors in the first six months
Of the year.
Among recent cases: A dozen
boys armed with clubs dragged
woman into the Bundy School
grounds and raped her. A Z
year-old was arrested for break
ing into gas station. admitted
a previous housebreaking, was
referred to Juvenile Court and
was caught breaking into the
same place four nights later. A
cigarette warehouse off New Jer-
sey avenue was raided twice in
a month. with 800 or more car
tons taken each time and juve-
niles peddling cigarettes all over
the area. Homeopathic Hospital
complained Of boys molesting
the nurses and snatching their
pocketbookS.
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Some Cases Never
Reach the Judqe

The judge does not get every
case. OF the 1920 children
against whom complaints were
made to the court in the last
fiscal year. 1909 were released
without ever facing the Judge
If the judge does get the case,
she is faced with this dilemma:
Should she put the BOY on pro-
baton, realizing that with a
probation officer responsible for
IS boys he can't give enough
attention to any Of them? Or
should she send the boy to IN
already overcrowded institution
from which he will be released
in a few months?
In fiscal 1947, a total of 236
were committed to The Board Of
Public Welfare as delinquent, as
compared with 451 committed
as delinquent in fiscal 1858. AS
a result of this stepped-up rate.
the average stay in the In
dustrial Home School for White
Children has dropped from 10
months in 1947 to eight months
in 1858, and the average stay in
the Industrial Home School for
Colored Children has dropped
from nine months in 1947 to
four months or less In 1858.
The children have to be super
vised after their release to assure
against their getting into fresh
trouble. The departments child
welfare division also has to give
protective services to prevent
homes from breaking up and
creating more problems of juve-
nile delinquency. 1t has to find
foster homes and place children
in them, arrange for adoptions
and supervise children placed in
private institutions. The num-
ber Of dependent children re-
quiring service from che board
has jumped from 426 in 1947 to
1,001 in 1853
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Thirteenth Precinct
Areo: LIT square miles.
Population: 6l,569.

Area: LIT squore miles.
Population: 6l,569.
Percentage Of precinct orests Of ju-
veniIes, Jonuory- June, 1883: So.
Police estimate that over 600
families have vacated Slum
dwellings in the eastern part Of
this area in the past six months.
These areas still have families
with an average income of less
than $1,500. Civic leaders west
of Fourteenth street warn their
area is getting overpopulated
with low income families caught
in the renovation of Georgetown
and Foggy Bottom and now
crowded into homes converted
into rooming houses.
The section between Four
teenth and Sixteenth streets; 8
street and Florida avenue, where
incomes average $4,000 and the
average adult has completed two
years of high school. showed the
precincts highest rate of COM
plants to Juvenile Court last
year-85.9 per thousand chill
dren.
Juvenile cases dropped from
265 felonies and miSdemeanors
in the first half of 1852 to ISL in
the same period this year. Ar
rests of juveniles for robberieS
dropped from 20 to II and for
housebreakings dropped from SO
to IS. News boys are the most
frequent victims of the juvenile
robbers. Six boys have been ar
rested in the past two months
for robbing news boys but police
report others are operating
within block of newspaper sub
stations at Fourteenth and s
street NV. and First and Rhode
Island avenue NV.
In the first half of this year,
juvenile arrests were made in 81
felonieS and 81 miSdemeanorS.