ABSTRACT
In 1925 a departmental committee was appointed to inquire into the treatment of young offenders and young people, who, owing to bad associations or surroundings require protection and training. The committee was helped by a large number of witnesses, magistrates’ clerks, probation officers, educationalists, chief constables and representatives of Reformatories, Industrial Schools, Borstal institutions, and many others. The members of the committee visited various schools and institutions including Moll, and in 1927 their report was published. They realized that the reformation of the offender had become the keynote of the administration of justice and that the neglected boy or girl needed similar treatment to the young offender.
