Jamaica plain study

By United Community Services of Metropolitan Boston. Urban Development

Subjects: Crime, Dropouts, Gangs, Economic conditions, Jamaica Plain, Police Districts, Parole, West Roxbury District Court, Census districts, Juvenile delinquents, Statistics, Socioeconomic Conditions, Schools, Surveys

Description: ...a report intended to provide background data and analysis of problems in Jamaica Plain so that programs can be designed to prevent, eliminate, or reduce the problems; includes detailed demographic data from the 1960 census and from other sources, including an interview survey and population figures by census tract, 1910-1960; contains statistics on provision of social and health services by public and private agencies; gives results of survey on extent and street location of youth problems (juvenile crime, gangs, etc.); discusses activities of gangs, juvenile crime, and gives statisics by police district and type of crime; gives number of youths on probation, West Roxbury District Court (1963); includes data on school enrollment, dropouts, attendance and truancy by school; lists recreational facilities which could be improved; includes copies of surveys...