West Side Studies: Boyhood and Lawlessness; The Neglected Girl

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CHART VI

(Chart X.—Single and Group Delinquency. Report, p. 65.)

TABLE EIGHT

(Table XX.—Parental Condition of all Children Investigated.[58] Report, p. 78.)

Parental condition	JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
Father dead	270	16.0	6	14.6	276	15.8
Mother dead	131	7.8	2	4.9	133	7.7
Both parents dead	28	1.6	1	2.4	29	1.8
Parents separated	14	.8	..	..	14	.8
Deserted by father	44	2.6	2	4.9	46	2.6
Deserted by mother	7	.4	..	..	7	.4
Deserted by both parents	5	.3	..	..	5	.2
One or both parents in prison	2	.1	1	2.4	3	.1
One or both parents in other institutions	15	.9	..	..	15	.9
Mother not in America	6	.3	..	..	6	.3
Father not in America	3	.1	..	..	3	.1
Neither parent in America	..	..	..	..	..	..
None of above conditions existing	1,162	68.5	29	70.8	1,191	68.7
Parental condition not reported	10	.6	..	..	10	.6
Total	1,697	100.0	41	100.0	1,738	100.0

Parental condition	SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
Father dead	149	17.6	47	23.1	196	18.7
Mother dead	99	11.7	29	14.4	128	12.3
Both parents dead	19	2.3	8	4.0	27	2.5
Parents separated	17	2.0	..	..	17	1.6
Deserted by father	25	3.0	2	1.0	27	2.5
Deserted by mother	5	.6	3	1.5	8	.7
Deserted by both parents	..	..	4	1.9	4	.4
One or both parents in prison	4	.5	..	..	4	.4
One or both parents in other institutions	7	.8	1	.5	8	.7
Mother not in America	6	.7	..	..	6	.6
Father not in America	1	.1	..	..	1	.1
Neither parent in America	1	.1	..	..	1	.1
None of above conditions existing	507	60.0	104	51.1	611	58.5
Parental condition not reported	5	.6	5	2.5	10	.9
Total	845	100.0	203	100.0	1,048	100.0

Parental condition	ALL CASES
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
Father dead	419	16.5	53	21.8	472	16.9
Mother dead	230	9.0	31	12.8	261	9.5
Both parents dead	47	1.8	9	3.7	56	2.0
Parents separated	31	1.2	..	..	31	1.1
Deserted by father	69	2.7	4	1.6	73	2.6
Deserted by mother	12	.5	3	1.2	15	.5
Deserted by both parents	5	.2	4	1.6	9	.3
One or both parents in prison	6	.2	1	.4	7	.3
One or both parents in other institutions	22	.9	1	.4	23	.8
Mother not in America	12	.5	..	..	12	.4
Father not in America	4	.2	..	..	4	.1
Neither parent in America	1	..	..	..	1	..
None of above conditions existing	1,669	65.7	133	54.5	1,802	64.7
Parental condition not reported	15	.6	5	2.0	20	.8
Total	2.542	100.0	244	100.0	2,786	100.0

Note.—In several cases two conditions are reported in one case.

TABLE NINE

(Table XV.—Previous Records.[59] Report, p. 67.)

	JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
Number arraigned first time	3,528	74.1	90	98.9	3,618	74.5
Number arraigned who had previous court record	1,235	25.9	1	1.1	1,236	25.5
Total	4,763	100.0	91	100.0	4,854	100.0

	SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
Number arraigned first time	2,198	82.9	1,461	96.4	3,659	87.9
Number arraigned who had previous court record	452	17.1	54	3.6	506	12.1
Total	2,650	100.0	1,515	100.0	4,165	100.0