The Spirit of the Age

Judge Samuel Leibowitz, judge of aBrooklyn criminal court, said in an interview with United Press, The young criminal today, though barely out of knee pants, is more brazen, more cynical, more sadistic, than the toughest gangster of the Capone era. In Seattle, Washington, Judge William C. Long reports that the number of adolescents being brought into his office for criminal offense has increased 78 percent over the last 20 years. From New York to Washington, the problem of juvenile delinquency...