Law, Medicine and Minors

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THE medical and social implications of juvenile delinquency have been a major influence upon our system of juvenile justice during the past 50 years. Recently, however, a definite shift has occurred toward a more strictly legal orientation in juvenile court procedures.Early in this century the work of Dr. William Healy revealed a high prevalence of medical, psychiatric and social problems among juveniles in Chicago courts. His clinical studies and court reports fostered an awareness of these factors not only as contributory to juvenile delinquency but also as conditions that the courts should have some responsibility to rectify in their . . .

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