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Note what the officers of the Chicago Juvenile Protective Association, many of whom are women, accomplished in 1909-1910. These women are fighting the agencies which make for juvenile crime mostly and each officer has a specified "beat" to patrol. Last year their work amounted to the following:

Complaints of selling liquors to minors investigated 295
Complaints of selling tobacco to minors investigated 52
Complaints of selling obscene postcards investigated 49
Complaints of poolrooms investigated 203
Complaints of dance halls investigated 92
Five and ten cent theatres visited 1,013
Penny arcades visited 67
Saloons visited 735
Relief visits 174
Cases referred to relief organisations 374
Legal aid cases referred 105
Referred to Visiting Nurses' Association7
Housing cases referred51
Applications for work referred 264
Placed in hospitals 103
Sent to dispensaries 192
Children placed in homes 240
Slot machines removed 223
Work found for men 57
Work found for women 81
Work found for boys 84
Work found for girls 90
Visits to ice-cream parlors 356
Visits to candy stores 805
VISITS TO COURTS
Juvenile 451
Municipal 1,809
Criminal 211
County 86
Grand Jury 26
Conferences with state or city officials 1,244
PROSECUTIONS
Cases of abandonment 99
Assault and battery 8
Contributing to delinquency and dependency of children232
Crimes against children 12
Disorderly conduct 141
Immoral dancing 4
Intoxicating liquors 33
Juvenile Court cases 78
Larceny 4
Tobacco 10
Sale of cocaine 4
Other cases 110
Total prosecutions 738
RESULTS
Convictions 311
Settled out of court 100
Nolle pros, or nonsuit 52
Dismissed 93
Acquittals 50
Pending 92

Total complaintsreceived 5,047

CHAPTER X

FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS