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- Title
War Boosts Juvenile Crime in England and Germany.
- Abstract
The article reports that the increase in juvenile crime since the outbreak of the war is attracting public attention. There is an epidemic of larceny among youths less than 16 years old. With so many fathers in the trenches there is an absence of the former parental control. A growing demand for juvenile labor at comparative high prices has given boys more money to spend, and many spend it in a way which brings them trouble. Teachers are scarce and in many places shortened school hours give the boys more leisure, which leads to mischief. Many boys are taking to gambling, the authorities state. One of the great causes of crime in London, the city probation officer declared, was the prevalence of touts, who tempt boys to steal goods, which are sold to street stalls and the poorer classes of shops. For his first theft the boy is paid the promised figure. The second time the boy gets little money, and when he complains, the tout threatens to expose him if he isn't careful. And once in the net the boy, under threats of exposure, must go on stealing for the tout.
- Subjects
MALE juvenile offenders; SOCIAL problems; LARCENY; THIEVES; SHOPLIFTING; GAMBLING
- Publication
Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology, 1917, Vol 7, Issue 6, p925
- ISSN
0885-4173
- Publication type
Article