The Role of the Administrator in Relation to Juvenile Delinquency 1

Denny Velma , and Johnson Mary . “Predelinquency and Juvenile Guidance,” Journal of the National Education Association, XXXV (October, 1946), 386–87.

Describes the experiences of the Minneapolis teachers in their program to extend the school into the community as a direct attack against juvenile delinquency.

Durell Thomas J. , and Bosshart John H. “Schools Can Help Solve Juvenile Delinquency,” New Jersey Educational Review, XIX (May, 1946), 304.

Describes what schools can do to prevent delinquency by avoiding pupil failure and inadequacy, and by enabling each child to achieve security and status by means of a thorough grounding in basic skills and social adjustability.

Elmott Charlotte D. “The School and Delinquency Prevention,” California Journal of Secondary Education, XVIII (November, 1943), 402–6.

Details the school's responsibility in providing an adequate curriculum for all youth and in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of atypical pupils. Specific topics discussed in relation to the schools include: development of community councils, adequate record systems, co-operation with and use of other youth-serving agencies, formal plan for co-operative study of individual delinquents, public-relations program for all youth-serving agencies, and state-wide support of the California Youth Authority.

Jordan Thomas F. “Educational Implications of Crime Prevention,” Catholic Education Review, XXXIX (April, 1941), 208–10.

Reconsiders the role and the responsibility of the school in the prevention of crime and delinquency. “Juvenile Delinquency and the School,” Phi Delta Kappan, XXI (March, 1940), 329–67.

A number of short articles on the causes of delinquency and effective study-treatment techniques. Kvaraceus W. C. Juvenile Delinquency and the School. Yonkers, New York: World Book Co., 1945.

This description and evaluation of the work of the school-centered Passaic Children's Bureau will give the administrator a detailed picture of the program conducted by the schools in one large industrial community for the early selection, study, and treatment of children showing undesirable development. Emphasis is placed on the extension of school service for child study and the need for coordinating all child-welfare and recreational agencies and organizations in an overall attack against juvenile delinquency.

Kvaraceus W. C. “Schools Must Lead Attack on Delinquency,” Nation's Schools, XXXVI (June, 1946), 20–22.

Stresses the school's strategic position for identifying the potential delinquent. Outlines techniques for identification and emphasizes the need for co-ordination of school-community youth service.

Morgan A. L. “School Plan for Decreasing Juvenile Delinquency,” Clearing House, XVIII (May, 1944), 523–25.

Describes the school's potential for initiating a delinquency-prevention program, locating delinquents or potential delinquents, diagnosing causative factors, and using all this information in a treatment program.

Mosher Howard H. “Rural School Combats Delinquency,” Nation's Schools, XXXV (April, 1945), 26.

Relates the experiences of one rural school in conducting a supervised program of activities five evenings a week as an integral part of a community project to prevent juvenile delinquency.