DOCUMENT RESUME ED 311 353 CG 021 968 TITLE Down
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 311 353 CG 021 968 TITLE Down These Mean Streets: Violence by and against America's Children. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundred First 2ongress, First Session. INSTITUTION Congress of t1 U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. PUB DATE 16 May 89 NOTE 173p.; Portions contain small/marginally legible priut. AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, U.SGovernment Printing Office, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adolescents; *Children; Delinquency; Hearings; Victims of Crime; *Violence; *Youth Problems IDENTIFIERS Congress 101st ABSTRACT The text of a Congressional hearing on violence inlrolving children is presented in this document. An opening statement by committee chairman Representative George Miller introduces the topic. Statements are presented by Representatives Charles Hayes and Thomas J. Bliley, "r. Testimony by the following witnesses is included: (1) Carl C. B...:11, director, Community Mental Health Council, Chicago, Illinois, appearing on behalf of the American Psychiatric Association; (2) Delbert S. Elliott, professor of sociology, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado;(3) Gregory A. Loken, executive director of the Institute for Youth Advocacy and senior staff attorney at Covenant House, New York City, New York;(4) Deborah Meier, principal, Central Park East Secondary School, East Harlem, New York, New York;(5) Jacqueline Simms, acting commander. youth division, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.;(6) Howard Spicak deputy commissioner, Massachusetts Department of PUblic Health, Boston, Massachusetts; (7) Reggie B.
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