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A Comparative Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Inner-City Detroit
Through questionnaires studies family characteristics, and nature of crime committed by boys who have had two or more court hearings, living in two inner city Detroit areas.
Survey to Determine Attitude of Residents Respecting Crime in the Tenth Police Precinct (Preliminary Report)
Analyzes causes and presents recommendations for reduction of crime.
The Detroit Rioters and Looters Committed to Prison.
The sociologist and the psychologist at Jackson Prison report on studies of ninety-seven Negroes, eight whites committed after the 1943 Riot. Reprinted as pg. 298-304 of Grimshaw, Allen D. Racial Violence in the United States. Chicago, Aldine, 1969.
NAACP Threatens Action unless Jackson Improves
Police harassment of young Black Berets following murder of newspaper publisher Charles Cade is among NAACP charges.
Death of Fear
Describes People's Tribunal convened by City-wide Citizens Action Committee to try "white policemen accused of murdering black boys in rebellion."
The Negro in Detroit [Series]
Contents: 500,000 Strive for Elusive Goals; Criminal Rate Top Problem; Vast Differences in School Impact.
Crime-Solver in Science Lab; Lady Hematologist Gathers, Analyzes Clues for Detroit Police Homicide Division.
Mary Jarrett of the Police Department's Scientific Bureau.
Futility and a New Group of Copwatchers
Detroit Task Force for Justice (DTFJ) is established following "alleged beating of several black youths by off-duty white police at Veteran's Memorial Building November 1."