TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Introductionix
I.[His Background]1
II.[His Playground]10
III.[His Games]24
IV.[His Gangs]39
V.[His Home]55
VI.[The Boy and the Court]79
VII.[The Center of the Problem]141
[Appendix.]
[Tables]165
[Excerpts from Report of Children’s Court,County of New York, 1913]177
[Index]201