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Juvenile Delinquency Of Ellis County, Kansas, 1900-1937, Harry R. Pollock May 1938

Juvenile Delinquency Of Ellis County, Kansas, 1900-1937, Harry R. Pollock

Master's Theses

This study of juvenile delinquency contains 184 cases and covers a period of 57 years, from 1881 to 1938 . The case history of each delinquent was secured from the State Industrial School for Boys at Topeka, Kansas, The State Industrial School for Girls at Beloit, Kansas, and the State Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson, Kansas. The institutional records also contained the parole reports. The boys were located, their present occupation determined, and their school and church records determined where possible. As there are no records in the probate court concerning the cases, the writer was compelled to compile the records …

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The Criminal Cases Of Russell County, Kansas, Clyde Leon Dutt Apr 1938

The Criminal Cases Of Russell County, Kansas, Clyde Leon Dutt

Master's Theses

The gathering of criminal statistics has long been recognized as a need and a valuable aid to the federal, state and county officials and to students who desire information over a period of years of the history of a municipality or other governmental area. The primary aim of the writer of this thesis has been to investigate all the criminal case s of Russell County so far as offenses against the law have been prosecuted in the district court. The data presented covers the entire history of the country, finding the total number of cases for the sixty-five years, then …

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The "Oblique Light" Of George Meredith's Social Philosophy, Helen Leitenstorfer Jan 1938