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1 George E. Worthingon, Standards for a Socialized Court for Dealing with Sex Delinquents 335 (1924)

handle is hein.congcourts/ials0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Reprinted from the JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HYGIENE, Vol. X, No. 6, June, 1924 t Copyright, 1924 The American Social Hygiene Association, Inc. 370 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. Publication No. 461 STANDARDS FOR A SOCIALIZED COURT FOR DEAL- ING WITH SEX DELINQUENTS * GEORGE E. WORTHINGTON Acting Director, Department of Legal Measures, American Social Hygiene Association AND RUTH TOPPING Field Secretary, Bureau of Social Hygiene I. THE COURT A. Court Having Jurisdiction. Either a specially designated branch of a central- ized court, such as a municipal court, or a court specially created to handle sex delinquents. Laws re disposition of defendants and jurisdiction should be adequate. B. Nature of Proceeding. A summary quasi-criminal action without a jury if possible. General public should be excluded. * The Bureau of Social Hygiene and the American Social Hygiene Association have co6perated in a study of specialized courts dealing with sex delinquents in four cities: Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. The result of these studies and a comparison of the findings appeared in the JoURNAL or SocIAL HYGIENE. It remains to synthesize what has been determined upon as the best practice, taking one feature from one court and another from another, and presenting them in a unified form. Comparatively few cities in the United States have separate courts for this special type of offense. In smaller cities it is impracticable to maintain such independent courts. It may be of value, however, to cities which are contem- plating such an undertaking, to have presented to them in concrete form the results of our studies. This the above paper strives to do. Before publication it. was submitted to specialists, including social workers, health officers, probation officers, and judges. In some instances their criticisms and suggestions have modified the view originally presented. Special acknowledg- ment for valuable criticisms are due to Chief Magistrate William McAdoo, Magistrate Jean Norris, Miss Alice Smith, Mr. Frederick H. Whitin, Miss Henrietta Additon, Mr. John Weston, Mr. Charles Chute, Dr. Win. F. Snow, Dr. Katherine Bement Davis. f The American Social Hygiene Association presents the articles printed in the JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HYGIENE on the authority of their writers. It does not necessarily endorse or assume responsibility for opinions expressed or statements made. 335

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