The Revolt of Modern Youth By Judge Ben B. Lindsey and Wainwright Evans B&D NEW YORK BONI & LIVERIGHT 1925 In The Revolt of Modern Youth I have attempted, with the collaboration of Wainwright Evans, to present a truthful picture of certain aspects of American social life, as they have consistently and continually revealed themselves to me in the Juvenile and Family Court of Denver. This Court has dealt with both children and adults since it was organized under our first Juvenile Court Law of April 12, 1899. This is similar to the task I undertook more than a decade ago, when, with the collaboration of Harvey O'Higgins, I produced The Beast, and pictured therein a cross section of American politics. At that time I also presided in a Court having jurisdiction of cases growing out of the political turmoils of a growing American city. These cases tried by me involved crookedness of public officials and frauds and corruption in important elections, such as contests over the election of the mayor of the city and the very important elections in which the granting or refusing of monopolistic franchises to such utility corporations as the City Railroad, the Gas, Electric, Power and Water Companies, were concerned. In these contests powerful business interests were seeking special privileges and were not particular how they got them. This brought me into intimate, personal contact with the truth about the political life of our cities. In both instances, Denver has been my laboratory; but the conditions I portray are not peculiar to Denver. They hold even more true for every city and town in the United States. |