Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1910 — First Report of Juvenile Courts. [ARTICLE]

First Report of Juvenile Courts.

J. L. Peetz, state statistician, has just completed a report of the workings of the juvenile courts of the state for 1909, the first report of its kind ever prepared in the state. It shows that 2,248 children were arrested or otherwise taken into the juvenile courts. Of this number, 1,531, or nearly 70 per cent, were boys. Delinquency led in the list of causes assigned for taking the (Children into court, 985 boys being arrested for this cause and 273 girls taken on like charges. Neglected children formed the next largest class, with 621 boys and 293 girls. Dependants formed the next largest class, with 160 boys and 109 girls. Truants formed the smallest class, with 158 boys and 42 girls. Of the total number of children cared for by the courts, 997, or nearly 40 per cent were returned to their parents. The remaining children were intrusted to the care of county commissioners, to orphans’ homes, or were placed in private homes. Neglected children returned to parents after satisfactory conditions had been brought about through the intervention of the courts, numbered 212, or about 33 per cent. Virtually 50 per cent of the children taken because of delinquency were returned to their parents. Three hundred and seventy-eight parents were arrested on order of the court. Of this number, 272 arrests were for neglect of children, 107 were fined, 105 were reprimanded and 45 i eleased under suspended sentence.