Juvenile offenders / by William Douglas Morrison.

  • William Douglas Morrison
Date:
1896
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Credit: Juvenile offenders / by William Douglas Morrison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    United States—General conditions determining the distri- bution of homicide—Local distribution of juvenile crime— Unevenness in the local distribution of juvenile crime— The distribution of juvenile crime runs parallel with the distribution of crime in general—Juvenile and adult crime run together, as both proceed from the same conditions— Density of population and crime—Effects of a dense popu- lation in producing crime—The solitary dweller in large cities—The struggle for existence in large cities—The temptation to cupidity in large cities—Effect of decentrali- sation of industry in diminishing crime—Local distribu- tion of pauperism and of crime—Least crime where there is most pauperism—Poor law administration and crime— Economic conditions and crime—General conclusions. CHAPTER III. Sex and Juvenile Crime Necessity for studying the conditions which produce crime —Why penal laws fail—Conditions which produce crime of two kinds : individual and social—Individual conditions —The effect of sex on crime—Relation between male and female crime among juveniles under sixteen—Among juveniles under twenty-one—Among juveniles in reforma- tories—Among juveniles in industrial schools—Sex and juvenile crime in the United States—Causes of the unequal distribution of crime among the sexes : i. The law more lenient to females than to males ; 2. Social and economic conditions of the sexes differ ; 3. Biological conditions of the sexes differ—Effect of sex on the nature of crime—The character of female offenders—The offence as an index of the character of the offender—The habit of offending as an index of character—Value of knowing previous cha- racter in dealing with juveniles—Summary of conclusions. CHAPTER IV. Age and Juvenile Crime .... Effect of immaturity on crime—The evolution of crime follows the evolution of the organism—Crime in childhood —Crime in maturity—The most criminal age—Age and crime in industrial schools—In reformatory schools— Nature of crime determined by age of the offender—
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