West Side Studies: Boyhood and Lawlessness; The Neglected Girl

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(Table XXVII.—General Summary of Probation.[61] Report, p. 84.)

	JUVENILE DELINQUENCY			SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS			ALL CASES
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Number pending on probation Jan. 1, 1913	391	40	431	..	..	..	391	40	431
Number placed on probation during year	1,386	36	1,422	720	184	904	2,106	220	2,326
Number whose probation terminated during year	1,278	55	1,333	501	117	618	1,779	172	1,951
Number pending Dec. 31, 1913	499	21	520	219	67	286	718	88	806

TABLE TWELVE

(Table XXVIII.—Age of Children Placed on Probation during 1913.[62] Report, p. 85.)

Age	JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
7 Years and under	4	.3	..	..	4	.3
8 and 9 years	83	5.9	3	8.3	86	6.0
10 and 11 years	206	14.9	5	13.9	211	14.8
12 and 13 years	486	35.2	12	33.3	498	35.0
14 and 15 years	584	42.1	16	44.5	600	42.2
16 years and over	10	.7	..	..	10	.8
Not stated	13	.9	..	..	13	.9
Total	1,386	100.0	36	100.0	1,422	100.0

Age	SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
7 Years and under	9	1.2	2	1.1	11	1.2
8 and 9 years	58	8.1	6	3.3	64	7.1
10 and 11 years	142	19.7	9	4.8	151	16.7
12 and 13 years	234	32.5	39	21.2	273	30.1
14 and 15 years	269	37.3	126	68.5	395	43.8
16 years and over	1	.2	2	1.1	3	.3
Not stated	7	1.0	..	..	7	.8
Total	720	100.0	184	100.0	904	100.0

Age	ALL CASES
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
7 Years and under	13	.6	2	.9	15	.6
8 and 9 years	141	6.7	9	4.1	150	6.4
10 and 11 years	348	16.5	14	6.4	362	15.6
12 and 13 years	720	34.2	51	23.1	771	33.2
14 and 15 years	853	40.6	142	64.6	995	42.7
16 years and over	11	.5	2	.9	13	.6
Not stated	20	.9	..	..	20	.9
Total	2,106	100.0	220	100.0	2,326	100.0

TABLE THIRTEEN

(Table XXX.—Duration of Probation, Cases Ended During 1913. Report, p. 88.)

Length of probation	JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
2 months and under	312	25.4	8	33.3	320	25.5
3 months	220	18.0	5	21.0	225	18.0
4 months	288	23.4	8	33.3	296	23.6
5 months	100	15.4	2	8.3	192	15.3
6 months	97	7.9	1	4.1	98	7.8
7 months	43	3.5	..	..	43	3.4
8 months	34	2.8	..	..	34	2.7
9 months	19	1.5	..	..	19	1.5
10 months	14	1.1	..	..	14	1.1
11 months	5	.4	..	..	5	.4
12 months and over	8	.6	..	..	8	.7
Total	1,230	100.0	24	100.0	1,254	100.0

Length of probation	SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
2 months and under	169	26.2	38	25.3	207	26.0
3 months	138	21.4	28	18.6	166	20.9
4 months	137	21.2	26	17.3	163	20.5
5 months	64	9.8	10	6.7	74	9.3
6 months	59	9.2	16	10.7	75	9.4
7 months	31	4.8	11	7.4	42	5.3
8 months	15	2.4	5	3.3	20	2.5
9 months	10	1.6	5	3.3	15	1.9
10 months	6	.9	3	2.0	9	1.2
11 months	6	.9	6	4.0	12	1.5
12 months and over	10	1.6	2	1.4	12	1.5
Total	645	100.0	150	100.0	795	100.0

Length of probation	ALL CASES
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent	Number	Per cent
2 months and under	481	25.7	46	26.4	527	25.7
3 months	358	19.1	33	19.0	391	19.1
4 months	425	22.7	34	19.4	459	22.4
5 months	254	13.5	12	6.9	266	13.0
6 months	156	8.3	17	9.6	173	8.5
7 months	74	3.9	11	6.4	85	4.1
8 months	49	2.6	5	2.9	54	2.6
9 months	29	1.5	5	2.9	34	1.7
10 months	20	1.1	3	1.8	23	1.1
11 months	11	.6	6	3.5	17	.8
12 months and over	18	1.0	2	1.2	20	1.0
Total	1,875	100.0	174	100.0	2,049	100.0