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August Hamilton The […]
When
1980-08
Description
August Hamilton The Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police confirmed that it was their policy to strictly enforce the section of the Juvenile Delinquency Act that required police to inform a parent or guardian if anyone under the age of sixteen was found in the company of a known criminal or a person who admits he is homosexual. The policy came to light after a social worker in a local juvenile detention home came in contact with a fourteen-year-old gay teenager. Police had notified the parents of the youth when they apprehended him at night on Jackson Street, a gay cruising area; the parents subsequently threw the teenager out of his home.
