SURVEY OF JUVENILE PROBATION IN 65 COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA.

The article discusses a survey of juvenile probation in 65 counties of Pennsylvania. The period of time covered by this study is from 1922 to 1933. During this decade, investigators of the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare filed frequent accounts of the operation of the juvenile courts and probation departments in all counties of the State. The accumulation of these reports resulted in a unique chronological account of the systems as they developed, and formed the basis for this study. After study and discussion of these 65 county reports a general descriptive sheet was compiled for each county, and was verified with the investigator for the Department in order to assure correct interpretation of the original descriptions. The separate county findings were then grouped according to class of county. Material regarding number and salaries of officers was obtained by questionnaires. The article presents a brief topical resume of the most important findings of this analysis. The recommendations at the end of this paper incorporate also the results of an intensive field investigation of four typical Pennsylvania counties.