Show GIRL DELINQUENCY TREATMENT SCORED m Sociology Student Finds Methods Inadequate in U. U of U. U Thesis The treatment of f delinquent girls from tram Salt Salt Lake City by the Utah state industrial school is ls strikingly inadequate since it falls fails In a large proportion of cases to effect the the necessary necessary necessary essary reformation of char character and personality Miss Mary Louise Storey reaches this conclusion in in her thesis A Study of the Care and Treatment of Delinquent Girls From Salt Lake at atthe atthe atthe the Utah State Industrial School b by which she qualified to receive her master o of science degree In sociology from the University of Utah C Miss Storey made an intensive study of the records at the industrial school and interviewed as many as possible of the girls from Salt Lake who have been committed to the school and released since January January January Janu Janu- ary 1 l 1923 1023 If after release Miss Storey found the girl had ceased her delinquencies and had be become become become be- be come an acceptable member of a atypical atypical atypical typical family group she was regarded regard regard- ed Cd as successfully adjusted On this basis Miss Storey found that 28 of the he were successfully adjusted 30 were were apparently unsuccessful and 49 were doubtful Feeling that these results showed that many of the methods now now used at it the state industrial school were obsolete Miss Storey made a series of recommendations Regarding pre- pre institutional training she feels that visiting teachers and educational case work should be used to establish establish lish Ish a pro program ram of prevention in the public schools a woman referee should hear all girl cases in the juvenile juvenile juvenile juve juve- nile court a scientific personality diagnosis should be made of every delinquent girl who comes before the j juvenile court probation under trained supervision should be used more extensively ly and a a. s system stem of boarding home treatment should be used wherever possible in lieu of in institutional In- In nal nai care She also feels that a n. child chUd guld- guld nce ance clinic should be established and supported by the community to aid the juvenile court and the schools Continued d on Pate Page Twenty T I GIRL DELINQUENCY TREATMENT SCORED Continued fro froth from In Page Pace Thirteen and since 95 per cent of at the girls claimed some religious affiliation the services of at the church should coordinate with the juvenile court URGES NEW tEV PLAN To improve the present institutional ional Honal training Miss store Storey urges that the state industrial school be placed under a state department of ot public welfare instead of at under a separate board of trustees as now The institutional staff start should be professionally professionally professionally pro pro- trained a program of character education including sex education and mental hygiene should be inaugurated the length of the training period should depend on the Individual needs of each girl followIng following following follow follow- ing a personality study more outdoor outdoor outdoor out out- door recreational activity should be bc available and the present forms of restraint such as locked doors grilled windows and silence periods should be abolished in favor of at more self self- government on the part of the girls |