Criteria for the Probation Officer's Recommendations to the Juvenile Court Judge
- 1 July 1963
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Crime & Delinquency
- Vol. 9 (3) , 262-275
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001112876300900306
Abstract
This study, conducted at the Bronx Children's Court in New York City, analyzes the underlying criteria used by probation officers in recommending probation, institutionalization, psychi atric examination, or discharge. Such features as sex, age, religion, race, home situation, employment, church attendance, and per sonality difficulties of the children in each of the four recom mendation groups are described and evaluated.Keywords
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