Show SURVEY SHOWS HOME AS MAJOR INFLUENCE IN BLOCKING CRIME By B- BAL AL FERGUSON Is the home an influence in crime prevention prevention prevention tion Sheriff S. S Grant Young claims it is is-a is a major one one one- one basing basing asing the opinion on recent surveys made at the Salt Lake county jail Of prisoners fingerprinted and photographed photographed photographed photo photo- graphed at the county jail in 1934 about 98 per percent percent percent cent of all prisoners booked there go through that routine only 41 came from homes unbroken by death or divorce Death of cither either the father or mother was the predominating cause of breaking up homes while 78 of them were shattered by divorces In cases the mother had died and cases the father was dead During January the percentage ran much higher Out of a total of 62 prisoners booked and fingerprinted four told V. W. L L. Foxley identification identification identification iden iden- bureau superintendent their homes had been broken by divorces 23 reported their 1 mother was dead and 35 said death of their father had caused them to leave home The survey also embraces nativity church affiliations education and ages a es of prisoners From the total of prisoners who passed S I through the bureau in 1934 it was learned that had no church affiliation whatever were foreign born and nd wen wen- Americans had attended schools between the first and eighth grades inclusive 29 had high school education education education tion 28 had college or university training and 41 had no schooling whatever Ages of prisoners showed nearly as wide a variation but demonstrated clearly that most offenses are committed by persons 26 years or orold old older cr Of the total surveyed in 1934 were 26 years or older were between 22 and 25 years inclusive were between 16 and 21 years in inclusive inclusive in- in elusive and five who said they were 15 years or youn younger er passed through the bureau I I |