No doubt Tony will write with greater erudition on this document in a future issue of Youth and Policy so I do not want to steal his thunder. But I was struck by two themes. First, that the committee sought evidence not just prejudice, and drew attention to weaknesses in data collection. Second, that it took evidence from youth workers. These included the redoubtable Maud Stanley, pioneer of work with girls, and Douglas Eyre of boys clubs. Such witnesses made similar points - "the number of these clubs is small and the sphere of their operations far too limited to produce any general effect".
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