revelations similar to those in the Hutt Valley, which recently
shocked New Zealand. A number of teenage youths have already
appeared in Port Adelaide Police and Juvenile Courts on carnal
knowledge charges ...--_Telegram in the "Dominion", 30 July
1954._


(_d_) _London_

MANY GIRLS IN BAD COMPANY

One black spot in an otherwise more optimistic report by the
Police Commissioner on crime in London is a disturbing increase
in the number of 17-and 18-year-old girls who are coming under
the notice of policewomen on their beat, says the _Daily
Mirror_.--_N.Z.P.A. to "Evening Post", 2 September 1954_.


=(3) A World-wide Problem=

There have been waves of sexual crime in various countries at various
times.

Juvenile delinquency itself has been the subject of much research
(especially in the United States) during the past fifty years. But
although such offences as indecent exposure and sexual assault by
juniors have been included in published figures, no special mention has
been found by this Committee of the aspect of sexual delinquency now
being discussed in New Zealand. What is entirely new in New Zealand (and
probably in other places, too) is the attitude of mind of some young