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The Modern Approach to Juvenile Delinquency: Observation Centres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Alexander Kennedy
Alexander Kennedy*
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University of Durham
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Once it has been established that a child has, in fact, committed the offence with which he has been charged, the interest of a present-day juvenile court is centred not so much on the nature of the offence itself as on the nature of the child and of the influences which may have contributed to the unconventional or antisocial attitude of which his offence may be the outward and visible sign.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 94 , Issue 395 , April 1948 , pp. 283 - 304
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1948 

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