Juvenile delinquency.
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said on May 19, 1950: The United States is sadly neglecting its most precious assets, the citizens of tomorrow.
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Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said on May 19, 1950: The United States is sadly neglecting its most precious assets, the citizens of tomorrow. There is a rapidly rising rate of crime in youth. Fifty per cent of the crimes against property are committed by people under 20 years of age.... Perhaps the disappearance of the woodshed of my generation has had its effect.... There is no satisfactory substitute for discipline in developing character.... Any city in the country would strike a telling blow against crime within 24 hours if the people had the will and determination to eradicate the breeding places of crime. The juvenile delinquent is not a type of child. He has gone astray as the result of insufficient guidance and care. The juvenile delinquent is not depraved; he is just deprived. MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH There is