Show F FBI BI Chief Raps I Parents for Child Crime Rise Rbee e V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 16 UP UP- UP Director J. J Edgar Hoover of the federal bureau of investigation Wednesday blamed broken homes and irresponsible parents as major contributors to an alarming I increase e in crime among boys and girls under 21 I For the first time since the F FBI B I began to compile arrest data in 1932 Hoover said year old boys comprised the largest single age group of male offenders offender during during during dur dur- ing the calendar year 1943 While arrests of boys under 21 declined 76 per cent last year as compared with 1942 Hoover observed observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served arrests of 17 year olds leaped per cent Up to September September Sep Sep- 30 there were such arrests covering over 25 different offenses from misdemeanors misdemeanor to criminal homicide |