The Infant System / For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age

by Samuel Wilderspin

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.

Teachers of theft—Children the dupes of the profligate—An effort at detection—Afflicting cases of early depravity—Progress of a young delinquent—Children employed in theft by their parents—Ingenuity of juvenile thieves—Results of an early tuition in crime—The juvenile thief incorrigible—Facility of disposing of stolen property—A hardened child—Parents robbed by their children—A youthful suicide—A youthful murderer