Radio: The Trouble with Crime

In Educator Helen Parkhurst's Manhattan apartment, a group of reformed bad boys met last week to talk about how & why kids go wrong. Their recorded words were heard on ABC's Child's World (Thurs. 10 p.m., E.S.T.). As is often the case with confessions, the sins were more interesting than the good resolutions.

Chick, who had progressed from stealing milk bottles to shoplifting, told why it was difficult to stop: "When you're used to having money in your pocket, you'll always want it. When your pocket's empty, it's got to be full. It's sort of like an automobile—can't run without gasoline." Frank...

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