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Title: The uplift (serial)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School (Concord, N.C.)
Subjects: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School (Concord, N.C.) Reformatories Juvenile detention homes
Publisher: Concord, N.C. : Board of Trustees of the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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action.North Carolina must begin now to plan for a sound program recognizingall aspects of the problem and seeking sound ways to eliminate or, atleast, minimize them. The States future efforts, I believe, should be masisting local government and private groups in controlling and preventingjuvenile^ delinquency. .••. Lets look, for a minute at the conftrolling of delinquency. This in-volves the apprehension of law violators, our court system, as well as ourrehabilitation efforts. More of^our police departments must recognize theyouthful offender as a particular type of problem which should bedealtwith in a manner different from adults. Special confinement faciliitiesshould be provided. And, of course, more of our courts must become a-ware of the special problems of the juvenile offender and of thier specialneeds for rehabilitation. One of our major needs in North Carolina, I feel. Is a uniform sys-tem of juvenile probation and paroles Too often the only answer is com- 20 THE UPLIFT
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Governor Dan K Moore Chats Informally while Superintendent Sloopof Jackson Watches. nnitment to a correction center^ In many cases, perhaps it would be betteron the individual and on the State if he were put on probation under tPlesupervison of a trained juvenile probation officer Certainly it woud bo farcheaper on the taxpayer and, in many cases, far more beneficial to the THE UPLIFT 21 child provided he could receive proper supervision and counseling. Prevention, of course is preferable to control. We must recall ourown difficulties in the transition from childhood to adulthood and our ownfrustrations in trying to find our place in the adult world And, we mustreconizei that the world is more complicated today and that the veryrapidity of change makes it difficult on the youngster seeking his place.There are also the problems of parents too busy or too unconcerned tocare, too poor in education and financial resources to provide essentials. Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman philospher exp

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