Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1941 — Page 5

THURSDAY, JULY 81, 1041

JUVENILE CASES HERE INCREASING

2149 Arrested in Year Despite Advanced Methods to!E

Cope With Situation; Bradshaw Continues Pleas For Better Court Facilities.

This is the third and last of a series of articles on the treament of delinquency by the Marion County Juvenile Court. By RICHARD LEWIS . Police statistics show that juvenile delinquency in Indianapolis is getting worse, despite more advanced police and juvenile court methods of coping with the problem.

Statistically, there were 2149 juveniles arrested last year for offenses which cost the community a property loss of $40,800. The year before, there were 2087 arrests and a loss of $27,000. { In the first six months of this vear, nearly 1000 youngsters were |fieq the court's weeds as follows: brought into the Juvenile Aid Di-| i Two hearing chambers where vision at Police Headquarters|court referees can hear domestic charged with crimes ranging from | cases privately. 2. A modern

running away from home to burg- | chamber for tho, lary. Up to June 30, property loss|jyqge, insuring privacy and dig- |

totaled nearly nity. The present judge’s cham$22 000. | ber looks like a large kitchen with- | The record of out the stove. juvenile erime in} 3 Additional clerical and filing Indianapolis does | room, not go back be-| 4 A waiting room equipped with vond March of comfortable chairs, lamps / and 1938, however,ijeading matter. When the Police| 5 private cubbies where proba- | Juvenile Aid Di-|(jon officers can hear the tales of vision was estab-| woe that come their way privately. | lished Jiyanile 6. A playroom for young children. | Court record s¥S-| judge Bradshaw has based these | tems have been| qqyests on the facilities provided changed in the jy, other cities. He believes these past three years |,,

Judge Bradshaw ar. [are minimum needs. But the most Soh difficult to tell just how |, . ine need, he says, is to take widespread the problem was more

that three veas (the court out of the environment years ago. of the Courthouse. Now Separ w Separate Problem Personnel Squeezed It has be miy i Jb has t eh only an Jammed into a small space in hree years that police have at-| tet . . 3 Cerin | addition to the Judge and three] tempted to cope with juvenile de- | \ eferees are the bailiff eight | linquency as a separate problem Soe rd 8 oa ar clerks and a switchboard operaand that the Juvenile Court has : ; taken advantage of the most mod- tor, 11. probation officers, a y al : tile ¥ service supervisor, three in-|

ern techniques in handling it | fis] : : | take workers and the public.

the past!

The effect of these new meth-| 1, addition to removing the | ods will probably not become ap-icourt to better quarters, Judge | parent for many years, according Bradshaw has waged a losing |

to officials, for the objective of the pattie to move the Juvenile De-| new methods is to prevent the de- tention Home away from its pres-| linquent youngster from becoming ent location near downtown to a an adult criminal | more suitable environment.

a “4 m There still is opposition to the| The detention home is a remod- | new techniques which |

appear to eled house of great age and althe opponents of the new system though it is kept immaculately to “mollycoddle” wayward youth, clean, it is a dreary place, with although the opposition is rot insufficient room for the wards of nearly so vocal as it used to be. [the court confined there, ever, there is es : i, tiers 3s B gremi oh La Neither proposal to move the! oy rs than a year. Judge Court or the Home has so far i an a year, JUGRE chown anv signs of success, but the Bradshaw has asked County Com- oy

" 4 A Judge is still trying. | missioners to provide his court : ‘ | with more suitable quarters than! He has pointed out that the the Courthouse basement | Court’s function is not confined to ; . . criminal cases. Frequently, it hanThe Judge said that the dilapi- 1 :

dated ICS OF LLB tottty |dles matters of child neglect, | a'ed appearance o: 1 courtroom (anandonment or mistreatment. and probation offices tend to

arouse the contempt rather than Certifies Ill Children

respect . ter . » the TH of youngsters for law| yi is called upon sometimes to ana oraer. help out in probate cases, it cer- | Pleas Ignored tifies needy children who are ill But the Judge's pleas have been | OF injured to the City Hospital. | ignored and the total annual ap-|\Vherever a child is in trouble, | propriation for Juvenile Court is that is the court's business and | slight in comparison to other court|that business must be done in sur-| budgets | roundings which the Judge says | Die + “deplorable.” This year, the Court's appropri- |2re “dep ; ation was $47 500— just a BOR Bl But the troubles of the Juvenile | than one cent on the tax rate. For Court do not stop there. There is| the past two years, it has operated | ® political matter that will arise Blah + possibly next year, an election. | ons EiShiethill jue The Judge appoints all his per-| The court occupies the northeast sonnel. Ih ooo tries to get the | haif of the basement, a dimly-lit, best qualified workers, although | trend Sin “popunaion “of Pollen considerations can enter . Sa &: SEU. | the picture here as elsewhere in rats and roaches. In the waiting an elective office.

room where parents and young- | Since court employees — probasters sometimes must spend sev-|iin officers and other trained pereral hours, wooden benches are |(onnel—are not hired under any |

the only seating facilities. They are | merit svstem, they are subject to the kind of benches that used to|gjsmissal at anv time and when | grace public parks many years ago. the court administration changes, | Toilet facilities for the young-|ihis is what is expected to happen. | sters and their parents have been | improved only in the past two The Public Loses months. In the summer, the air iS| Thus, even in oppressive and hot and there are poundings, a frequent faintings.

unfavorable sur- | Judge may build up an efficient and capable staff only to have it disbanded every four . I ‘ vears at just about the point Judge Bradshaw said his court where it is working Smsotty.” heeds half again as much room|" gneial workers hold the opinion | to operate efficiently and advan- that by this practice, the public loses in the long run and the ef-| fectiveness of the court continually | [diminishes after it has been iil

Judge Specifies Needs

tageously for the public. He speci-

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