Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1936 — Page 8

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Probation; Here for Social Parley. . |

BY LEO DAUGHERTY Some one once said that “every time you see a boy you should give “him a kick because if he hasn't done something he’s going to.” Judge—or rather—Referee J. W. Mclnerny, South Bend, puffed his cigar, smiled, and as kindly eyes sparkled from behind gold-rimmed ~ Elasses, confessed that the state- ~ ment “would have been applicable in my own case about four decades ago.” But Referee McInerny smiled a - refusal to say about how the state-

ment could be applied to boys of

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~ social - paused to explain that “we operate

today, particularly the boys of St. Joseph County. And the boys of St. Joseph County are his particular business. He's the referee of the Juvenile Court up there. How he’s operating it, innovations he has installed and the court’s success is something that is being watched and studied by Juvenile officials and social workers throughout Indiana and the nation.

Corrective Agency Here to attend the conference on work, Referee MclInerny

as a corrective agency rather than one to punish.”

The St. Joseph experiment in the

handling of juvenile delinquency

cases started back in 1930 when Notre Dame introduced a course in | probation. - “The students did their field work in South Bend,” explained the judge. “They, in reality, became probation

"officers and began the job of inter-

esting gangs of delinquent boys in organizations like the Boy Scouts, in which their activities would mean helpful gain rather than senten When Judge Dan Powell was elected, to the Circuit Court six years ago, he appointed Referee McInerny. Mrs. J. R. Dumont became his chief probation officer, but Ben H. Weinstein, a graduate of the Notre Dame experiment, became (chief adult probation officer and in

. (that capacity is Referee McInerny’s ~ right hand man.

Nemesis of Bad Boys

He's a nemesis of boys when they are bad, but their big brother when they want to be good. “You see,” said Referee McInerny, “I don’t want any boy in St. Joseph County to go through life with the stigma of a ‘record’ or a term in the boys’ school. “Probation is pretty much of a

= new thing. But I think it's working.

Complaints about youngsters comme to us from all sources and the first thing we do is to make an investigation. It isn’t the facts of the offense that interest us. It is the. background of the offense.”

Probation Officer Weinstein explained how thoroughly each complaint is- investigated to determine that background. “We get ‘about 120 complaints every month,” he said. “That's abaut- 0 a year. \J/e investigate ure of the complaint, the

. boy’s companions, school life, home

life and everything else that has a tendency to influence havior. The complete report goes to the referee.’

Try to Gain Confidence

Referee McInerny continued that “We always try from the beginning to put the boy on probation, gain his confidence,. make him see that he has done a wrong, thal it can be corrected and that he can be a real boy without being bad and get a real chance in life. “We have three kinds of probation. Our first step is to put him on ‘unofficial probation.’ That means that there's no record kept. If that doesn't work we try ‘official probation,’ the terms of it are the same, but we keep a record of it. Then if that doesn't work there's nothing left to do, but send him to an institution.” Referee McInerny insists that proBationary methods are better than institutional correction; that recrea- « tion, properly supervised, can be substituted for paternal control if conditions in the home make it im- ., possible; and care in a foster home is better than that afforded by an institution. * To provide proper recreational facilities, he aims to enroll every type of organization in South Bend in the movement. He cited that recently the Junior Chamber of Commerce has joined in the movement.

additional recreational facilities where needed, but members serve as . “Big Brothers” to boys on probation and help them find jobs.

Police Keep gp on

The South Bend police department. keeps its (hands off the handling of delinquent boys, according to Ref McInerny. The probation officer, then the judge, handle all cases, | excepting when : they involve boys over 16 in rare . cades where there is a real criminal

pear impossible. How well the South Bend experi-

Joseph County Boys Get

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Referee McInerny . . . Boys’ Friend

ment is working is shown in figures. Out of those 1400 complaints each

every year. ; . Referee Mclnerny’s experience | has been, since repeal, that drinking by boys under 16 is rare, that cases of drinking by juveniles is usually by girls from 16 to 18 who are taken places by older men. “There’s no excuse, no mitigating circumstances when a man contributes to ths delinquency of a young gir? or a woman to a boy,” he declared, his almost continuous smile fading away. For such a crime the statutes provide a maximum penalty of six months imprisonment and $500 fine. | And any time the evidence warrants, Referee McInerny slaps it on. There isn’t much of that in St. Joseph - County because folks up there have come to know Referee MclInerny as “Six and Five.”

ROYAL NEIGHBORS TO ELECT Members of Mayflower Camp, Royal Neighbors, are to elect officers at a meeting in Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio-st, tonight. Mrs. Rose Scott, arocle, is to preside.

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Indianapolis White Shrifie No. 6, year, it is necessary to use proba-| White Shrine of Jerusalem, will tion in an average of 240 of them, have a dinner at 6 p. m. tonight and St. Joseph County sends only |at the Foodcraft Shop, Century four to six youths to the boys’ school Building. A benefit card party also is to be held.

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Thousands of Indianapolis Marion County residents were receive Christmas seals in the mail today with inauguration of the

thirtieth annual sale.

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help stop these tragedies.” Those receiving seals are urged to begin using them av once. Payments may be made now or at a later date. | of Those-who wish seals and were overlooked in the mailing should communicate with the association at Riley 79586.

MEDICAL SOCIETY TO ELECT OFFICERS

The Indianapolis Medical Society is to elect officers in the Antlers Hotel at 8:15 p. m. today. Dr. K. R. Ruddell, president, announced that Dr. C..O. McCormick is to show a Wisconsin fishing trip film while the ballot is counted.

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