West Side Studies: Boyhood and Lawlessness; The Neglected Girl

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[a] Remanded means number of children detained temporarily at the rooms of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children while case is being investigated, etc.

[b] These numbers include cases placed on probation without remand.

TABLE FOUR

(Table XII.—Disposition in Cases of Adjudged Juvenile Delinquents.[55]Report, p. 63.)

Disposition	TOTAL
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
Sentence suspended	748	22.8	13	25.0	761	22.8
Placed on probation	1,440	44.2	31	59.6	1,480	44.4
Committed without probation	508	15.5	4	7.7	512	15.4
Fined	575	17.5	4	7.7	579	17.4
Total	3,280	100.0	52	100.0	3,332	100.0

TABLE FIVE

(Table XIII.—Disposition in all Cases of Special Proceedings where Complaintwas Sustained. Report, p. 64.)

Disposition	TOTAL IN ALL CASES
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
Committed to institutions	793	38.8	539	41.8	1,332	39.9
Placed in charge of probation officers	1,253	61.2	751	58.2	2,004	60.1
Total	2,046	100.0	1,290	100.0	3,336	100.0

TABLE SIX

(Table XVI.—Ages of all Children Arraigned During the Year.[56] Report, p. 68.)

Ages	JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
7 years and under	16	.4	..	..	16	.4
8 and 9 years	236	5.0	7	7.7	243	5.0
10 and 11 years	670	14.1	10	11.0	680	14.0
12 and 13 years	1,515	31.8	29	31.9	1,544	31.8
14 and 15 years	2,322	48.7	44	48.3	2,366	48.7
16 and over (Transferred to other courts)	4	.0	1	1.1	5	.1
Total	4,763	100.0	91	100.0	4,854	100.0

Ages	SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
7 years and under	581	21.9	484	32.0	1,065	25.6
8 and 9 years	319	12.0	161	10.6	480	11.5
10 and 11 years	433	16.4	191	12.6	624	15.0
12 and 13 years	625	23.6	265	17.5	890	21.4
14 and 15 years	692	26.1	414	27.3	1,106	26.5
16 and over (Transferred to other courts)	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	2,650	100.0	1,515	100.0	4,165	100.0

Ages	ALL CASES
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
7 years and under	597	8.1	484	30.2	1,081	12.0
8 and 9 years	555	7.5	168	10.5	723	8.1
10 and 11 years	1,103	14.9	201	12.5	1,304	14.5
12 and 13 years	2,140	28.9	294	18.3	2,434	26.9
14 and 15 years	3,014	40.6	458	28.5	3,472	38.5
16 and over (Transferred to other courts)	4	.0	1	.0	5	.0
Total	7,413	100.0	1,606	100.0	9,019	100.0