POLICE AND YOUTH.

The article provides information on the function of the Juvenile Aid Bureau for juvenile delinquents in the U.S. It represents an evaluation, a change, a progressive development that is now contributing and will in the future contribute to the solution of the society's problem. Basically this Bureau represents the development of a new type of understanding of our problem, and of a new approach to its solution. Within its program is encompassed, an evaluation of the importance of the individual, of his uniqueness, of his rights, of his duties, and of the effects of our whole culture and personal social relations on his growth. The Juvenile Aid Bureau has definite responsibilities of planning and putting into operation programs designed to prevent delinquency and waywardness, and also securing adequate social treatment for the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents and wayward minors. These are the two broad purposes of the Juvenile Aid Bureau. Everything that is done, including the work of the Police Athletic League, is directed to meeting these responsibilities. The work of the Juvenile Aid Bureau has been in progress for several years. In 1946, a department order was issued requiring that no arrest be made of children under sixteen years of age except for serious offenses in the felony classification or would come within the category of several serious misdemeanors. All cases, with the foregoing exceptions, must be referred to the Juvenile Aid Bureau and court action is taken only when necessary. This step is an indication of respect for the possibilities of social adjustment under the procedures we have established.