The Review; Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1911 — John Shaqi
The Review; Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1911Various
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The Review; Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1911
Various
Prisons -- Periodicals
_Resignations Follow Criticism of Juvenile Court of Louisville, Ky._—A
somewhat acute situation has developed among those interested in the
work of the juvenile court and juvenile probation in Louisville, Ky.
As a result of what is by some persons characterized as the courts’
“totally irresponsible methods in caring for dependent and delinquent
children,” Bernard Flexner and several other members of the Juvenile
Court Advisory Board have resigned their positions. The straw which
broke the camel’s back was the appointment by Juvenile Judge Muir
Weissinger of a probation officer who is declared not only to be unfit
for such a delicate position, but also to have a noteworthy political
reputation. The Social Workers’ Conference held a mass meeting on
March 16, at which were adopted resolutions calling for the removal of
the probation officer in question. Speakers at the meeting declared
that for a year conditions in the juvenile court have been
intolerable; that children have been dragged into court and
brow-beaten, some have been wrongfully placed in unworthy homes, and
that all efforts to do something for them have come to naught. Judge
Weissinger declared that he would not remove the objectionable
probation officer until better evidence that he was unfit had been
adduced.
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_Domestic Relations Courts._—In view of the interest with which the
whole country is watching the work of the domestic relations courts
newly instituted in the larger cities of New York, it is important
that the court’s own story of its activities be set before the public.
Recently such a court was instituted in the city of Chicago. Pointing
in this same direction is a recommendation contained in the 1910
report of the Boston Associated Charities that the delinquent husband
and father shall be constantly under the supervision of the court
during the continuance of its direction to him to pay for the
maintenance of his wife and child.
The domestic relations court for the Borough of Brooklyn, New York
City, has put out a report of its work for the four months ending
December 31st, 1910, these being the first four months of its
existence. Judge Edward J. Dooley says:
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