This Child Is Rated X

Duration: 52

Year Published: 1971

Creator: NBC EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: . Interviews administrative personnel and juvenile delinquents in Chicago's Cook County Jail, the Indiana State Boys and Girls School, and El Paso's Gatesville Prison, to discuss such conditions as physical brutality, solitary confinement, lack of food, and association with hardened criminals. Notes the high return rate for juveniles and concludes that one-half to three-fourth of them should not have been confined. Mentions that perhaps an emphasis on early corrective measures in the home and community could decrease the number of juvenile offenders., Examines the inequities of juvenile justice and the abuse of children's rights in America. Shows that the child who has committed a child's crime, such as running away from brutal parents, and the child who has committed a serious crime often share the same dehumanizing facilities.

Complete Record: . Interviews administrative personnel and juvenile delinquents in Chicago's Cook County Jail, the Indiana State Boys and Girls School, and El Paso's Gatesville Prison, to discuss such conditions as physical brutality, solitary confinement, lack of food, and association with hardened criminals. Notes the high return rate for juveniles and concludes that one-half to three-fourth of them should not have been confined. Mentions that perhaps an emphasis on early corrective measures in the home and community could decrease the number of juvenile offenders., Examines the inequities of juvenile justice and the abuse of children's rights in America. Shows that the child who has committed a child's crime, such as running away from brutal parents, and the child who has committed a serious crime often share the same dehumanizing facilities. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.