INDEX
- INDEX
- Abattoirs on West Side: location of, [3]
- Acquittal: in children’s court, [92]
- Adenoids: In court cases studied, [90]
- Ages of Boys Studied, [167]
- American-born Parents of Boys: nationality of, [7], [169]
- Anthony, Katharine: Mothers Who Must Earn, cited, [7], [59], [141]
- Arrests of Boys: court disposition of cases involving, [92-95], [97], [172];
- for trivial offenses, [18], [19];
- for trivial offenses, elimination of, preferable to cursory treatment in court, [107];
- mistaken, [97], [98];
- offenses in 463 cases, according to court charges, [82];
- offenses in 463 cases, as classified by Bureau of Social Research, [16], [17];
- previous, failure of faulty court records to show, [90]
- Assault: boys arrested for, according to court charges, [82];
- boys arrested for, according to classification of Bureau of Social Research, [17];
- penal law regarding, cited, [81];
- street fighting and, [37]
- Background of the West Side Boy, [1-9]
- Bail: seldom demanded at S. P. C. C. headquarters, [89];
- when not required, in cases of juvenile delinquency, [88]
- Ball Playing: illegality of, [37].
- See Baseball
- Balls: on West Side, [154]
- Baseball: on the West Side, [29], [30], [31], [32], [33]
- Begging: by children whose mothers are “harborers,” [73];
- by West Side boys, [151]
- Big Brother Movement: as a source of names of boys, [167];
- probation work of, [86], [87]
- Bonfires: boys’ fondness for, [25], [26];
- stealing wood for, as a cause of gang warfare, [48]
- Boss, the: and the children’s court, [88], [89]
- Boxing: on the West Side, [29], [33], [34], [35], [36]
- Boy from Another State: on West Side, case of, [22]
- Boy Scout Movement: illustrates possibilities in gang for good, [40]
- Boys, West Side: ages of those studied, [167];
- and the court, [79-140];
- background of, [1-9];
- court disposition of cases involving arrests of, [95], [172], [173];
- drinking by, [146], [147];
- fighting by, [143], [144];
- gainfully employed, occupation and wages of, [175];
- games of, [24-38];
- gang life of, [39-54];
- growth in lawlessness of, [15];
- homes of, [55-78];
- lack of stamina of, [156];
- not arrested, who were included in study of delinquents, [95];
- not gainfully employed, status of, [174];
- not properly delinquent, [95], [99], [100];
- offenses of, largely excusable, [18];
- offenses in 463 cases of arrest of, [16], [17], [82];
- playground of, [10-23];
- recreation of, beyond control of family, [77];
- scope of study of delinquency of, [94], [95];
- sexual immorality of, [154];
- smoking by, [145];
- sources from which names of those studied were obtained, [167];
- spendings and earnings of, [68], [69];
- stealing by, [141], [142];
- successful institution cases among, [127], [128];
- truancy of, [148-151];
- truancy records of, classified as delinquent or not delinquent, [173];
- two types of, [157], [159];
- wanderlust of, [151-154];
- who are brought into court, [87-95];
- who are let go, [95-107];
- who are paroled, [107-116];
- who are “sent up,” [117-138]
- Boys’ Republic: George Ruhl sent to a, [158]
- Bransfields: reputation of, [112]
- Breweries on West Side: location of, [3]
- “Bruisers”: rather than real prize fighters furnish example to West Side boy, [36]
- Budget, Family: often inadequate to cover requisites for healthy growth, [60]
- Burckel, James: value of neighborhood testimony in case of, [112]
- Bureau of Social Research: offenses in 463cases of arrest as classified by, [16], [17]
- Burglary: and unlawful entry, penal law regarding, [81];
- arrest of boys for, [17], [82]
- Burns, Joey: who had not been in court, [98]
- Caliban of the West Side: and his Setebos, [80]
- Carson, Mr.: parole of Jimmie to, [150]
- Cartwright, O. G.: The Middle West Side, cited, [4], [6]
- Catesby, Mrs.: case of, [72], [73]
- Catholic Ladies’ Committee: probation work of, [85], [86]
- Catholic Probation League: work of, [85]
- Catholic Protectory: children received by, [118], [119];
- commitment by children’s court to, [94]
- Central Presbyterian Church: Big Brother movement in, [86]
- Charitable Institutions: commitment by children’s court to, [94]
- Charitable Societies. See Relief Records; Relief Societies
- Charity Organization Society: as a source of names of boys, [167]
- Chicago: probation cases and officers in, [87]
- Child Labor Law: arrests for violation of, in children’s court, [82]
- Child Welfare Exhibit, New York: Handbook cited, on trivial offenses, [95]
- Children: number of, in families studied, [58], [170]
- Children, Neglected: children’s court commits to charitable institutions, [94]
- Children’s Court, Manhattan: as viewed by West Side boy and his parents, [80];
- description of growth, equipment, and processes of, [80-84];
- disposition of cases in, [92], [93], [94], [172], [173];
- hearings in, cursory and hurried, [97], [105], [106], [107];
- investigation in, [90], [91], [92], [110];
- judges of, [83];
- parole system of, [107-116];
- probation cases and officers of, [87];
- progress made in, since 1910, [79], [83], [87], [90], [111], [120];
- records in, consulted in study of commitment cases, [118];
- records in, faulty, [90];
- records in, new system of, [90], [111];
- records in, samples quoted, [110], [111];
- reputed influence of “boss” in, [88], [89];
- summary of results of action by, in cases studied, [138-140];
- things needed to increase effectiveness of, [107], [140];
- trials in, average time given to each, [83].
- See also Juvenile Court; Juvenile Delinquency; Probation
- Children’s Courts: where defects corrected in Manhattan still exist, [79]
- Church: among sources from which boys’ names obtained for study, [167]
- Church, a Deserted: on West Side, [3]
- Churches: not consulted in court investigations, [114];
- probation work of, [85-87]
- Cigarettes: boys’ demand for, [142], [145]
- Civil Service Commission, New York Municipal: refusal of, to declare positions of physicians for children’s court exempt, [140]
- Club Studies: as a source of names of boys, [167]
- Coal and Wood: theft of, a matter of course on West Side, [18], [141]
- Coal Yards on West Side: location of, [3]
- Comedy, Meredithian: on West Side, [161]
- Commission to Inquire Into the Courts of Inferior Criminal Jurisdiction in Cities of the First Class.
- See Page Commission
- Commitment, Court: considerations that guide judge in determining on, [119];
- different attitudes of parents toward, [124-126];
- during parole, in cases studied, [116];
- effectiveness of, [117], [137], [138], [139];
- frequently made on insufficient evidence, [119], [120];
- institutions to which made, [94], [118-119];
- length of, compared with length of parole period, [109];
- theory of, [117]
- Committed Cases: absence of investigation in, [119];
- scope and method of study of, [118];
- where sentence a serious error, [120], [121]
- “Committed for One Day to the Parental Care of John Ward,” [93], [96]
- Concealed Weapons: carrying of, among boys, [45]
- Conjugal Condition: of parents of boys, [171]
- Coogan, Patrick: and his court experience, [98]
- “Cops,” “Dinnys,” AND “Gerrys” on West Side, [13]
- Corrections, Department of: former building of, used as children’s court, [83]
- Coulter, Ernest K.: Big Brother movement initiated by, [86]
- Country of Birth: of parents of boys, [168]
- Court Disposition: of cases of boys studied, [172], [173].
- See Children’s Court
- Court, Getting Into, [87-95].
- See Children’s Court
- Court, Juvenile: lack of respect for, among boys, [19], [20].
- See Children’s Court
- Court List: names of boys obtained from, [167]
- Court of Special Sessions: children’s court part of the, [83].
- See Children’s Court
- Cowardice: among West Side gangs. [52], [53], [54]
- Craps, Shooting: a year round amusement on West Side, [28];
- leads to arrest for obstructing sidewalks, [37]
- Criminal Record: of Middle West Side, [8], [13], [19]
- Criminal Tendency: spirit of youth forced to become a, [38]
- Cruelty of West Side Boys, [157]
- Dances: among amusements offered to West Side boy, [154]
- Dark Rooms: common on West Side, [56]
- “Death Avenue,” [4]
- Delinquency of Boys: bail in cases of, [88];
- scope of study of, [94], [95].
- See Juvenile Delinquency
- Delinquent Boys: those studied who were not properly so called, [95], [99], [100], [173]
- Delinquents: commitment of, by children’s court, to reformatories, [94]
- Detention Home of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, [8].
- See Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- De Witt Clinton Park: described, [4], [5];
- the only park on Middle West Side, [10]
- Diamond Laundry: Matty Gilmore and the, [104]
- “Dinnys,” “Cops,” AND “Gerrys” on West Side, [13]
- Discharge: of boys against whom no evidence found, [96].
- See also Dismissal
- Discharges: following parole, in cases studied, [116]
- Discipline: meted out to the boy, [70], [71]
- Dismissal for Insufficient Evidence: In children’s court, [92]
- Disorderly Child: boys arrested as, according to court charges, [82];
- penal law regarding, [81]
- Disorderly Conduct: boys arrested for, [82]
- Disposition of Children’s Court Cases, [92-95], [97], [172].
- See Children’s Court
- Docks: attraction of, for the boy, [20];
- baseball on the, [33].
- See also Quays
- Donnelly, Martin: a “successful” institution case, [127]
- Dooley, Mrs.: and her Joseph, [71]
- Doyle, Dennis: stone throwing by, [15], [129]
- Doyle, Mrs.: and her five boys, [128]
- Doyle, Patrick: delinquency record of, [130], [131], [132]
- Doyle, Raymond: delinquency record of, [129], [130], [131], [132], [134]
- Draft Riots: typical of West Sider’s temper, [7]
- Drinking: among West Side boys, [146]
- Drunkenness: among West Side boys, [146], [147]
- “Dumb-bell” Tenements: common on West Side, [56]
- Earnings and Spendings: of the West Side boy, [68], [69]
- East Side and West Side: compared, [6], [7]
- Education Law, Compulsory: boys arrested for violations of, [82]
- Eighth Avenue: characteristics of, [2]
- Election Night Bonfires, [26].
- See also Bonfires
- Eleventh Avenue: characteristics of, [3], [4]
- Employed and Unemployed Boys, [174], [175]
- Employers: statements from, in parole cases, [110], [113]
- Employment: low grade, sought by West Side boys, [159]
- English Parentage: of parents of boys, [8]
- Environment: influence of, [1]
- Equity Powers: needed by children’s court, [140]
- Eyes: bad, in court cases studied, [90];
- neglect to care for, [60]
- Families of Boys Studied: conjugal condition of parents in, [59], [171];
- country of birth and nationality of parents in, [168], [169];
- different attitudes of, toward commitment, [124-126];
- length of residence in district of, [1], [168];
- number involved in delinquency study, [94];
- number of children in, [58], [170];
- persons in households of, and rooms occupied by, [169];
- relief records of, [171], [172];
- statements from, secured in study of commitment cases, [118];
- status of mothers in, [170];
- varying types represented among, [59]
- Families, West Side:
- typical day of housewife in, [58], [59].
- See also Mothers; Parents
- Family From Another State: on West Side, case of boy in, [22]
- Family Quarrels: in a “model” tenement, [58]
- Fathers of Boys Studied: absence of, as a cause of delinquency, [125];
- American-born, nationality of, [7], [169];
- conjugal condition of, [171];
- country of birth of, [7], [168];
- influence of, in family life, [61].
- See also Parents
- Feeble-mindedness: back of some court cases studied, [90].
- See also Mental Examination
- Ferry Rides To Jersey: the “sneaking” of, [150]
- “Fêtes” on West Side, [154]
- Feuds on West Side, [143], [144]
- Fighting: and boxing not necessarily associated, [34];
- between gangs of West Side boys, [45-53];
- street, and assault, [37];
- with fists on West Side, [143].
- See also Prize Fighting; Boxing
- Fines: in children’s court cases, [93], [96]
- Fire-Arms: arrest of boys for use of, [17].
- See also Weapons
- Fire Pots, [25], [26]
- Folks, Homer: quoted on parole, [85]
- Food: adulterated and damaged, commonly sold on West Side, [75]
- Fuel: theft of, regarded as a matter of course on West Side, [141]
- Games of the West Side Boy, [24-38]
- Gang: a typical, history of, [40], [41];
- responsibility of, for lawlessness of West Side boy, [39];
- synonymous with worst side of boy life on West Side, [54]
- Gang Fights: among boys on West Side, [45-53]
- Gang Life: salient features of, [42], [43], [44]
- Garbage Disposal Pier: on Twelfth Avenue, [5]
- Gas Tanks: location of, on West Side, [3]
- Gates, Mrs.: and her Jimmy, [64], [65]
- German Element: on Middle West Side, [7]
- German Parentage: of American-born parents of boys, [7], [8]
- Germany: parents of boys born in, [7]
- “Gerry Men”: dreaded more than the court, [90];
- unpopularity of, on West Side, [13]
- Gilmore, Matty: case of, [103], [104]
- “Gopher Gang,” [42]
- Great Kill Swamp, [4]
- Guardianship, Improper: among offenses leading to arrest of boys, [16];
- arraignment of children for, [81];
- boys arrested for, according to court charges, [82];
- child dismissed under one charge may be returned for, [92];
- warrants issued in cases of, [94]
- Haggerty, Mrs.: her system of discipline, [70]
- Hallways: boys’ use of, [20], [21]
- Hannon, Mrs.: and the “boss” in court, [88], [89]
- “Harborers”: mothers who are, [73]
- Harris, Charlie: stories about, [157]
- Hawthorne School: Big Brother work for boys paroled from, [87];
- commitment by children’s court to, [94].
- See also Jewish Protectory
- Health Conditions: involved in court cases studied, [90]
- Hearings at Children’s Court: cursory and hurried, [97], [105], [106], [107].
- See also Trials
- Home Conditions: in court cases studied, [90]
- Home of the West Side Boy, [55-78]
- House of Good Shepherd: extreme cases of delinquent girls sent to, [119]
- House of Mercy: Protestant girls sent to, [119]
- House of Refuge: and Jewish Big Brother movement, [87];
- class of cases received by, [119];
- commitment by children’s court to, [94]
- Housewife of West Side: day of the, [58], [59]
- Housing Conditions on West Side, [56], [57], [58]
- Hudson River Railroad: franchise of, an anomaly, [4]
- Husbands, Shiftless: treatment of, by their wives, [63], [64]
- Immorality, Sexual: among West Side boys, [154-156]
- Institution Cases: successful, [127], [128]
- Institutions: no critical examination made of, [117], [118];
- to which children’s court commits, [94], [118], [119].
- See also Commitment
- Insurance Companies: and window glass on West Side, [15]
- Intoxication: among West Side boys, [146];
- as a cause of arrest of boys, [17]
- Investigation: in children’s court, before disposition of case, [90], [91], [92];
- in commitment of cases studied, absence of, [119];
- in parole cases, how made, [110-114];
- rewards for, a light form of punishment, [97]
- Ireland: parents of boys born in, [7]
- Irish: of Middle West Side, [7]
- Irish Parentage: of parents of boys, [8]
- Italy: parents of boys born in, [7]
- “Jersey”: “sneaking” ferry rides to, [150]
- Jewish Big Brother Movement: probation work of, [86], [87]
- Jewish Protectory and Aid Society: probation work of, [86].
- See also Hawthorne School
- Jimmy: who was caught “when he wasn’t doin’ anything bad,” [19]
- Judges in Children’s Court: attitude of boys toward, [20], [80];
- formerly and at present, [83].
- See also Children’s Court
- Juvenile Asylum: commitment by children’s court to, [94], [119]
- Juvenile Court: boys’ contempt for judges in, [20];
- understanding of neighborhood conditions essential in estimating work of, [9].
- See also Children’s Court
- Juvenile Delinquency: a product of conditions in homes and on streets, [140];
- as defined in New York, [80], [81];
- need of equity powers by court dealing with, [140]
- Juvenile Delinquents: history of probation system for, in New York, [84-87]
- Juvenile Offenders: consideration of background essential to study of, [1]
- Juvenile Probation in New York: Homer Folks, quoted, [85]
- Kite Flying: on West Side, [28]
- Larceny, Grand and Petty: boys arrested for, [82];
- penal law regarding, [81]
- Larrabie, John: and the organ-grinder, [129], [134]
- Lawyers: extent to which involved in proceedings of children’s court, [91]
- “Lickings”: place of, in children’s court scheme, [93]
- “Loitering”: as an offense against the law, [37]
- Lumber Yards on West Side: location of, [3]
- McCarthy, Mrs.: and her worthless husband, [64]
- McGratty, Joseph: case of, [133]
- Machine Shops on West Side: location of, [3]
- Macy, Mrs.: a minder of children at twelve, [62]
- Mail, Evening, New York:
- quoted on vandalism on West Side, [144]
- Mallory, Hugh: case of, [101], [102]
- Mallory, Mrs.: her strong and weak points as a mother, [102]
- Manhattan Children’s Court.
- See Children’s Court
- Marbles: games played with, on West Side, [24];
- may lead to arrest for obstructing sidewalk, [37]
- Meals: irregularity of, in families of boys, [75]
- Mental Concentration: impossible to West Side boy, [156]
- Mental Examination: need of, and arrangements for, in children’s court cases, [140]
- Meredithian Comedy on West Side, [161]
- Mischief and Annoyance: arrest of boys for offenses of, [17]
- Misdemeanors: penal law regarding, [81]
- “Model” Tenement: a social worker’s testimony regarding family brawls in a, [58]
- Money: boys’ ways of getting, [151]
- Moral Stamina: lacking in West Side boy, [156]
- Morally Depraved: boys arrested as in danger of being, according to court charges, [82]
- Moran, Johnnie: story, [161], [162]
- Moran, John and Michael: delinquency records of, [121-124]
- Moran, Mrs.: and her “ways of finding out,” [66];
- character of, [121]
- Mothers of Boys Studied: absence of, a cause of delinquency, [125];
- American-born, nationality of, [7], [169];
- conjugal condition of, [171];
- country of birth of, [7], [168];
- court experiences of, [105], [106];
- problems and types of, [55], [61-74], [76-78];
- statements of, secured by parole officer, [110];
- status of, [170].
- See also Parents
- Moving Picture Shows: among amusements offered West Side boy, [154];
- desire of boys for, incites to theft, [142];
- opinions of mothers regarding, [68]
- Muller, Charlie: case of, [131], [132], [133]
- Murphy, Denny: wanderings of, [152-154]
- Names of Boys: those used fictitious
- Nationality: of American-born parents of boys, [7], [169];
- of parents of boys studied, [7].
- See also Country of Birth
- Neighbors: statements from, included in study of commitment cases, [118];
- statements of, obtained by parole officer, [110];
- value of testimony of, [112]
- New York Central. See Hudson River Railroad
- New York Children’s Court. See Children’s Court
- New York City Probation System. See Probation
- New York Juvenile Asylum: commitment by children’s court to, [94], [119]
- Newspapers, New York: quoted, [49], [50], [144], [161]
- Ninth Avenue: characteristics of, [2]
- Nourishment: available in West Side families, often inadequate, [60]
- Nutrition, Infant: ignorance regarding, in West Side families, [75]
- Obstructing the Sidewalks: games which lead to arrest for, [37]
- Occupation and Wages: of boys gainfully employed, [175]
- Offenses: due to play, enumerated, [37]
- Offenses in 463 Cases of Arrest of Boys: according to court charges, [82];
- as classified by Bureau of Social Research, [16], [17]
- Offenses of Boys: serious, few arrests for, [19];
- to which arrests due, largely excusable, [18]
- Offenses of Children: for which bail is not required, [88];
- still registered according to law violated, [81];
- trivial, proportion of, according to Handbook of Child Welfare Exhibit, [95]
- “Paddy’s Market,” [2]
- Page Commission: improvements in children’s court recommended by, [84]
- Parents of Boys: conjugal condition of, [171];
- country of birth of, [7], [168];
- different attitudes of, toward commitment of children, [124-126];
- nationality of American-born, [7], [169];
- responsibility of, for misdemeanors of sons, [56];
- value of testimony of, [112].
- See also Families; Father; Mother
- Parents, Parole in Custody of. See Parole
- Parks: none except De Witt Clinton on Middle West Side, [10].
- See De Witt Clinton Park
- Parole: and probation in New York, [85];
- correct meaning of term, [107];
- outcome of, in cases studied, [115], [116];
- period of, [109];
- system of, in Manhattan Children’s Court, [93], [107-116]
- Parole Card: form of, [108]
- Paroled Cases: final disposition of, [173];
- study of, [107-116]
- Parties and Dances: on West Side, [154]
- Pay Envelope: boy’s duty regarding, as viewed by community, [68]
- Peddling Without License: penal law regarding, [81]
- Penal Law: juvenile delinquency according to the, [80], [81]
- People’s Institute: new work on West Side undertaken by, [5]
- Perversion, Sexual: among West Side boys, [155]
- Physical Examination: needed in many cases brought to children’s court, [140]
- Physical Stamina: lacking in West Side boy, [156]
- Piano Factories: on West Side, location of, [3]
- Picking Pockets: arrest of boys for, [17]
- Piers Owned by City: and their uses, [5]
- Pigeon Flying: as a West Side sport, [28], [29];
- disapproved by mothers, [67]
- Pitching Pennies: a year round amusement on West Side, [28];
- may lead to arrest for obstructing sidewalk, [37]
- Play: Offenses due to, among those for which boys arrested, [16]
- Playground: of West Side boy, [10-23]
- Plunkett of Tammany Hall: quoted, [89]
- Police: attitude of, toward boys’ offenses, [18];
- boys’ antagonism to, explained, [12];
- fires extinguished by, [25];
- situation regarding, on West Side, [13], [14], [15], [16], [19]
- Police Sergeant: discretion permitted to, regarding bail, [88]
- Political “Boss”: and children’s court, [88], [89]
- Poolrooms: on West Side, [154]
- Post-Graduate Hospital: clinic conducted by Dr. Max Schlapp at, [140]
- Poverty: in West Side homes, [60], [61].
- See also Relief Records
- Prison Association, New York: first probation bill as prepared by, [84]
- Prize Fighting: and the West Side boy, [33], [34], [35], [36]
- Probation: and parole, in children’s court, [85], [107];
- class of boys for whom likely to be most effective, [103]
- Probation Agencies, Volunteer: history and scope of, [85-87];
- part played by, in first court experience of boy, [92];
- proportion of paroled cases studied that were under care of, [115]
- Probation Commission of State of New York: report of, quoted, [84]
- Probation Law, First: in New York, [84]
- Probation Officers, Official: in New York, appointment and numbers of, [87];
- preliminary investigation by, [90]
- Probation Staff: an adequate and efficient, needed, [107]
- Probation Work: essentials to efficient, [139]
- Property: antagonism between sport and the rights of, [37], [38];
- destruction of, on West Side, [144];
- offenses against, leading to arrest of boys, [17], [82]
- Push Cart Vendors: on Ninth Avenue, [2]
- Quays: as a field for baseball, [32].
- See also Docks
- Rafferty, Joe and Harry: cases of, [135], [136], [137];
- gang associates and adventures of, [129], [133], [134]
- Rafferty, Mrs.: case of, [135]
- Railroad and Appurtenances: boys arrested for injury to, [82]
- “Railroad” Tenements: common on West Side, [56]
- Rearrests Following Parole: in cases studied, [116]
- Records in Children’s Court: old and new, [90], [111]
- Recreation: of West Side boy, beyond control of family, [77]
- Recreation Activities: on Middle West Side, and the People’s Institute, [5]
- Recreation Pier: on Twelfth Avenue, [5]
- “Red”: and his wanderings with Denny Murphy, [152-154]
- Reformatories: commitment to, by children’s court, [94];
- short-term commitments refused by, [92]
- Relief Records: of families of boys, [171], [172]
- Relief Societies: duration of relief records of families known to have received aid from, [172];
- records of, consulted in study of commitment cases, [118];
- records of, not consulted in children’s court cases, [114]
- Remand for Investigation: did not necessarily mean further inquiry, [97]
- Reproduction: ignorance of West Side boys regarding, [155]
- Residences in District: of families of boys, length of, [168]
- Retrial: rare in suspended sentence cases, [96]
- Revenge: among West Side boys, [156], [157]
- Riding on Freight Cars, etc.: boys arrested for, [82];
- penal law regarding, [81]
- Riemer, Henry and Alexander: cases of, [134], [135], [136]
- Riley, George: case of, [130]
- Riley, James: report of investigation in case of, [111]
- Riordan, W. L.: Plunkett of Tammany Hall, quoted, [89]
- Robbery: boys arrested for, [82];
- penal law regarding, [81].
- See also Burglary; Theft; Thievery
- Roman Catholic Priest: quoted on gangs, [54]
- Rooms in West Side Tenement Houses: dark, [56];
- lack of privacy in, [57], [58]
- Rooms, Number of: occupied by families of boys, [169]
- Rooney, Matthew: case of, [131], [136]
- Ruhl, George: case of, [158]
- St. Vincent de Paul Society: Catholic Probation League organized under auspices of, [85]
- Saloon: children’s visits to, [146]
- “Scenery Burned by Vandals,” [144]
- Schlapp, Dr. Max: children sent for mental examination to clinic conducted by, [140]
- School: as a source of names of boys, [167];
- principal of, as a parole officer in cases of truancy, [93];
- records consulted in study of commitment cases, [118];
- statements from, obtained by parole officer, [110];
- value of evidence from, in parole cases, [113];
- West Side boy and the, [148], [149]
- School Farm: in De Witt Clinton Park, [5]
- Self-Abuse: involved in court cases studied, [90]
- Setebos: judge of children’s court as a, [80]
- Settlement, A: among sources from which boys’ names obtained, [167];
- thefts from, [142]
- Settlement, A Deserted: at Tenth Avenue and Fiftieth Street, [3]
- Settlements: value of evidence to be obtained from, in court cases, [114]
- Sexual Immorality: among West Side boys, [154-156]
- Sexual Perverts: common on West Side, [155]
- Sharkey, Sam: and his mother, [100]
- Smoking: among West Side boys, [145];
- by boys, difficulties of mothers with, [67]
- Snowballing: on West Side, [27]
- Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children: bail seldom demanded at headquarters of, [89];
- boy arrested in evening detained by, [88];
- boy taken to court by way of, [80];
- cases remanded to, pending investigation, [91], [97];
- children under sixteen excluded from operation of first probation law through efforts of, [84];
- detention quarters of, [84];
- joining of forces with school due to, [113];
- official connection with children’s court, [85], [87];
- period of parole of cases under care of, [109];
- probation work of, [85];
- reports of investigator consulted in study of commitment cases, [118];
- uses of detention rooms of, [97], [108];
- visitation by agents of, in parole cases, [93]
- Sons Who Do Not Work: and their mothers, [64]
- Sources: from which names of boys studied were obtained, [167]
- Special Sessions, Court of: children’s court part of, [83]
- Spinner, Jack: bail required in case of, [88]
- Stabbing: arrest of boys for, [17]
- Staley, Patrick: report of investigation in case of, [110]
- Stealing: encouragements to, on West Side, [141], [142]
- Streets: influence exerted upon boys by the, [21], [22];
- the natural playground of the West Side boy, [10], [11];
- uses of, that conflict with boys’ use as a playground, [12]
- Summers, Miss: and George Ruhl, [158]
- Survey, The: article by Homer Folks on Juvenile Probation, cited, [85]
- Suspended Sentence: after conviction, in children’s court, [93], [96];
- following parole, in cases studied, [116]
- Tammany Outing: drunkenness among boys at a, [147]
- Teeth: neglect of, [60]
- Tenement Conditions: on West Side, [56], [57], [58]
- Tenth Avenue: characteristics of, [2], [3]
- Theft: encouragements to, on West Side, [18], [141], [142]
- Thief, Jargon of: common in boys’ gangs, [44]
- Thievery: arrest of boys for, [17].
- See also Burglary; Robbery
- Times, New York: headlines regarding a gang fight quoted from, [50]
- Tracy, Mrs.: and her Michael’s trial, [105]
- Trials at Children’s Court: brevity of, [83], [105].
- See also Hearings
- Tribune, New York: headlines regarding a gang fight quoted from, [49]
- Truancy: among offenses leading to arrest of boys, [16];
- developed into a system, among West Side boys, [148-151];
- difficulties of mothers with, [67];
- procedure in paroled cases of, [93];
- records of boys, classified as delinquent or not delinquent, [173]
- Truant, A Ten-year-old: confession of, [149], [150]
- Truant Schools: commitment by children’s court to, [94], [119]
- Twelfth Avenue: characteristics of, [5]
- Ungovernable Child: boys arrested as, according to court charges, [82]
- United States: parents of boys born in, [7].
- See also American-born
- Vagrancy and Neglect: offenses of, [16]
- Vandalism on West Side: as reported by New York Evening Mail, [144]
- Wages and Occupations: of boys gainfully employed, [175]
- “Wanderlust”: among West Side boys, [151-154]
- Warehouses: on West Side, location of, [3]
- Warrants: use of, in parole cases, [93], [109]
- Waters, Stephen: a “successful” institution case, [127], [128]
- Weapons, Concealed: carrying of, among boys, [45]
- West Side, Middle: a dual neighborhood, [37];
- apathy of, [8];
- characteristics of, explained by history, [6], [7];
- comedy on, [161];
- criminal record of, [8], [13], [19];
- lack of striking features on, [5];
- nationalities predominating on, [7];
- new correlation of recreation activities on, [5]
- Window Breaking: arrest of boys for, [17]
- Window Glass: insurance of, on West Side, [15]
- Work Record: importance of, in parole investigations, [110], [113]
- World, New York: account of gang fighting quoted from, [50]
- World, Evening, New York: story of Johnnie Moran quoted from the, [161]
- Yeggman, Jargon of: common in boys’ gangs, [44]
- Young Men’s Christian Association: Big Brother Movement in, [86]
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