Citizens Committee on the Juvenile Court (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1948-1974 (bulk 1960-1974).

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Citizens Committee on the Juvenile Court (Cook County, Ill.). Citizens Committee on the Juvenile Court (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1948-1974 (bulk 1960-1974).

Citizens Committee on the Juvenile Court (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1948-1974 (bulk 1960-1974).

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Meeting minutes, reports, printed material, correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications and newsletters, memorandums, proposals, and other papers of the Citizens Committee on the Juvenile Court (CCJC), formerly known as the Citizens Committee on the Family Court, an advisory board to the Circuit Court of Cook County, based in Chicago. Materials relate to the juvenile court, Illinois Youth Commission, Department of Children and Family Services, and the Illinois Committee of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD). Also present are research material and studies conducted by the CCJC and NCCD on the Cook County family court, juvenile detention, and decentralization of the juvenile court. Publications and newsletters address topics such as legal issues, juvenile courts, social workers, statistics, and detention centers, and include issues of The Court Reporter (1971-1974) published by the Juvenile Division, Circuit Court of Cook County. In addition, there is a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings from the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun Times about juvenile delinquency and the CCJC (1963-1968).

9.5 linear ft. (21 boxes)1 folder. (filed separately)

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