“For the kids, who in their lives have never known the slightest power, delinquency is a way of looking for power.” WayKidsKnownDelinquency Book:The Heart That Bleeds: Latin America Now Source: The Heart That Bleeds: Latin America Now
“Until the image of the black man in the mind of the black man has been changed, there will always be delinquency, parental and juvenile. The idea is not to change the attitude of the white man to the black man but to change the attitude of the black man to himself.” MenMindHas BeensIdeasBlackWhiteAttitudeChangedWhite ManParentalJuvenileDelinquency Author:Malcolm X
“Would you have a strong and virile nation, keep your homes pure; would you reduce delinquency and crime, lessen the number of broken homes. It is time that civilized peoples realized that prevention is more profitable than punishment, and that the home is the incubator either of children of high character or of criminals. Home building, therefore, should be the paramount purpose of parents and of the nation.” ShouldChildrenCharacterHomePurposeStrongNationsParentNumbersCrimeBuildingBrokenPureCriminalsPunishmentCivilizedProfitablePreventionParamountDelinquencyBroken Homes Author:David O. McKay
“My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time.” IfsYearsCountryWould BeRunningKidsFatherParentBehindsHalfCuttingBaseballBusyDawnCornPitchingDuskBarnsJuvenileHayTractorsDelinquencyDawn And DuskJuvenile Delinquency Author:Bob Feller
“But look what we have built low-income projects that become worse centers of delinquency, vandalism and general social hopelessness than the slums they were supposed to replace. Cultural centers that are unable to support a good bookstore. Civic centers that are avoided by everyone but bums. Promenades that go from no place to nowhere and have no promenaders. Expressways that eviscerate great cities. This is not the rebuilding of cities. This is the sacking of cities.” LooksSocialCitiesSupportProjectsLowsBuiltIncomeHopelessnessGood BookAvoidedCivicsBookstoresCity LifeRebuildingGreat CitiesSlumsLow IncomeDelinquencyVandalismPromenadeSacking Author:Jane Jacobs