Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-07 | Page 11 | Utah Woman Lauded for Curbing New York Juvenile Delinquency

UTAH WOMAN LAUDED FOR CURBING I NEW YORK JUVENILE DELINQUENCY form r Evelyn Moyle One of Crime Prevention Experts Credit for curbing New Yorks York's juve nile delinquency goes to a Utahn Mrs Harry Nelson the former Juve-I Juve Miss Evelyn Moyle daughter of James H. H Moyle United States commissioner of I customs and former president ot of the IL L. L D. D S. S church eastern stat states s mise mis- sion I Mrs is given hIgh praise for her work by Claude ClaudeC C. C Cornwall Cornwall- former for tor mer member ot of the general board of the Young Mens Men's Mutual Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- ment association of the L L. D. D S. S church In the current issue of the Improvement Era an L. L D D. D S. S church publication The article is entitled Crime Pre Is Better Than CUre Mr Cornwall calls attention to Mrs Nelsons Nel Nd- sons son's position as a crime prevention Investigator in New York and says her work has started thousands of delinquents into normal behavior by sensible case treatment Tough Neighborhoods Some ot of the toughest neighbor neighbor-I hoods in the metropolis including such famous ones as the Tenderloin District San Juan Hill and the section known as Hells Kitchen are under Mrs Nelsons Nelson's direction as supervisor of oC Crime Prevention unit No 2 A new day has dawned says Mr Cornwall We are coming to realize that when a youngster youngster- is taken into custody because of delinquent behavIor be- be havIor it Isn't the child who is being brought before the bar of justice but society itself Back of every case of antisocial behavIor are many causes In addition to the specific act which seemed to tobe tobe be severe enough to warrant a corn com plaint It If these causes can only be found and eliminated the chances are that there will not arise any n s. s sity for treatment of delinquent behavior be- be havor havior If it can be prevented it just wont won't happen Bureau Is Experiment The bureau of crIme prevention Isa is isa a division of the police department The theory behind the bureau according according ac ac- cording to Mr Cornwall was wa-s that it was to be officered by expertly trained individuals who would not only be instructed as police officers in the arts or of handling incorrigibles but educated also in the intellectual scIences or of detecting conditions which breed criminal tendencies A call was sent out Arrangements were made for examinations in civil 6 t 1 I l I II I I- I 4 i I r W I M i i t r 44 49 1 I It I Af v vr r Mrs Harry Nelson service for the positions of crime In In- Mrs Nelson was one ot of the high four in the group or of those selected alter after passing the examina tion It was a tedious task in the beginning beginning begin begin- ning particularly in the problem of educating patrolmen and patrol patrol- I women to the new viewpoInt but Mrs Nelson has patiently stood by i her staff and laboriously taught them one by one to see the whole picture and to view a childs child's delinquent delin delin- quent behavior as the result of all influences to which he is subjected from day to day says Mr Cornwall