Evening star., 1960-08-14
Girls Blamed for Rise
In Juvenile Delinquency

! Court, II were indicted, five
ignored. IS dismissed, seven
sent to hospitals, 48 convicted
and four found not guilty. Ten
cases were still open at the
end of the fiscal year.
On the question of youth
gang activities, the Youth Aid
Division reported that during
the fiscal year. mo large scale
conflict materialiZed between
groups nor was there any evi-
dence of groups organized for
the purpose of unlawful ac-
tivity." However, the report
added, several incidents oc-
Cured involving group men,
berS which had serious poten-
tlalitieS."
Stressing the Importance and
effectiveness of co-ordinated
effort by the schools, Recrea-
tion Department. Commission
ers' Youth Council and its area
boards, the report expressed
belief that the overall quiet
group situation now prevalent"
here is the direct result of this
cooperation. But the report
warned that at this time there
is evidence of anti-social
group activity" in the area of
Seventeenth and East Capitol
streets. in the 10th and 18th
precincts and some indication
of increased activity in the
Mount Pleasant area"
To alert precinct command
erS and Commissioners Youth
Council area boards. the report
gave a precinct by precinct
breakdown of juvenile crime.
9Th Precinct Hard Hit
This breakdown showed that
the 9th precinct had the most
juvenile felonies Q64, the
most juvenile miSdemeanors
1l5), the most juvenile crimes
(279) and the largest increase
from the previous year (47)
The 5th precinct showed the
second largest amount of jul
venile crime GOD and the only
other increase (4D. Every other
precinct was able to show a de-
crease in juvenile offenses. The
greatest decrease 600 was in
the 18th precinct.
The report noted an increase
of Sc boys and 76 girls sent TO
Juvenile Court compared with
the previous fiscal year. There
was a decrease of $40 in the
number Of complaints involv-
ing boys and an increase of 76
in the number of complaints in
volving girls.
In all, 1862 juveniles were
referred by police to juvenile
Court during the year-the
highest for any year since the
1854 peak year of 2,294 juve-
niles. The number of COM
plants referred to the court
was 3,130, which was far be-
low the 1854 peak Of 4,503 COM
plants.
OF the LIZA boys referred to
court, 1892 were first offenders
who were involved in 1901 COM
plants. This was an increase of
63 male first offenders over the
previous fiscal year but there
were 243 fewer complaints reg
istered against first offenders.
OF the 248 girls referred to
court. 229 were first offenders.
| Male juveniles were involved
in 2.160 serious crimes during
the fiscal year, compared with
2,493 the previous year, the re-
port noted. The fiscal 1860 Of
fenses included three homicides.
48 cases of rape and carnal
knowledge, 276 robberies, II at
tempted robberies, 142 aggra-
waited assaults, 681 cases of
housebreaking, 81 cases of at
tempted housebreaking. "a
grand larcenies, 534 petty lar
cenies and 367 auto thefts.
There were 25 more robberies
and 43 more aggravated as
saultS than in the previous
year, but 1873 fewer cases of
housebreaking and 131 fewer
cases of auto theft.
Female juveniles were in
volved in 210 serious crimes
during the fiscal year, compared
with 122 in the previous year.
Initiating the crime total among
the girls were 81 robberieS, 80
cases of aggravated assault, 10
cases of housebreaking and 141
petty larcenies.
In a detailed analysis of rob-
berries by juveniles, the report
noted that there were 85 purse
,snatchingS, 79 robberieS by
force and violence, SIS yoke rob-
berries, % armed holdups and
"a other types of robbery, in
Guiding snatching money. The
increases were mainly in purse
snatchings and yoke robbery.
The Youth Aid Division re-
: ported that it conducted 5,239
! hearings during the year-an
increase of 1886 over the pre-
vious year-in cases involving
minor law violations, reports
from police officers of minor
acts of delinquency, or juve-
! niles involved in detrimental
, situations" traffic violations
and group situations.