105 E. 22ND ST., Rooм 504-505 UNITED CHARITIES BLDG.

Committee on Reports, Literature, Statistics, etc.:

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

1. METHOD OF INVESTIGATION..

2. STATUTORY HISTORY OF PROBATION IN THIS STATE...

(a) General Laws..

(b) Local Laws...

(c) Laws relating to Individuals....

3. PRESENT CONDITIONS IN PROBATION WORK IN NEW YORK...

I Probation for adults:

(a) Magistrates courts, first division, New York City.

(b) Magistrates courts, second division, New York City.

(c) Court of special sessions, first division, New York City...

(d) Court of special sessions, second division, New York City,

and county court of Kings County...

(e) Court of general sessions, New York City.

PAGE.

2

5

5

8

10

10

10

14

15

(f) Rochester...

(g) Other portions of the State.

18

18

19

20

II Probation for Children:

(a) Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City....

(b) Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York City..

4. MERITS AND DEFECTS OF PROBATION WORK AS Now CARRIED ON.....

I Probation for Adults:

(a) Magistrates courts, New York City...

(b) Court of special sessions, first division, New York City.

(c) Court of special sessions, second division, New York City,

and Kings County Court......

(d) Rochester, and other parts of the State...

40

40

II Probation for children:

PAGE

(a) Children's court, boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx... 52

(b) Children's court, boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens...

(c) Children's court, Buffalo....

(d) Children's court, Rochester.

(e) Children's court, Syracuse...

(f) Children's Court, Utica.....

(g) Children's court, Schenectady.

(h) Children's courts, Albany and Troy....

III Some General Deficiencies:

(a) Too indiscriminate use of probation..

(b) Probation too attenuated...

(c) Too short a period of probation...

62

(d) No penalty for unsatisfactory behavior while on probation 63

(c) Competitive examination for salaried probation officers....

76

6. RECOMMENDATIONS.

84

Appendix A. Legislation proposed by the Probation Commission.
Appendix B. Text of Statutes of all the States in the Union relating

93

to Probation....

122

Appendix C. References to Literature on Probation..

289