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In 1968, the city’s police chief attributed “noticeable decreases in some predelinquent behavior” to the city’s SRO program, and the school board expanded the program to ten more schools.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2020

It wouldn't label these children predelinquent; it would only advise us that these are children in trouble, for these children are as likely to develop neuroses or psychoses as they are to exhibit criminal tendencies.

From Time Magazine Archive