Organization founded on Chicago's North Side in 1932 to reduce juvenile delinquency through community committees, governed and operated by neighborhood residents rather than outside agencies. Administration, research and field work for the project was conducted by professionals, including Clifford R. Shaw, Anthony Sorrentino, Henry D. McKay, and staff members of the Illinois Institute for Juvenile Research and the Illinois Youth Commission. The files includes annual reports of the project, data books and activity reports of community committees, programs, and research reports on juvenile delinquency, drug abuse, and crime. Also includes the memoirs of a "petty con man" written ca. 1935, and photocopies of articles concerning juvenile delinquency and the Chicago Area Project.