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The technological revolution, followed by the rise of industrial cities & juvenile gangs, a diffusion of birth control & a decline in religious behavior, has brought about a shrinkage in the functions of the natural family. The state has taken the role of `super' parent, parens patriae, & it is in this sense that its police power towards dependents must be understood. The delinquent child should be dealt with preventively, through adequate schooling, & protectively through juvenile courts supplemented by clinical services. The administration of criminal justice is obsolete, it needs unification, a reform of prison manag, a substitution of the principle of rehabilitation for the archaic theory of retributive punishment. A scholarly body should be created to watch the criminal law in action. IPSA.