10 Questions
During which time period were troubled children offered intervention efforts focused on family control?
1750-1850
What were almshouses?
Locked, one-room buildings that housed many types of people with many different problems, including troubled or orphaned children.
What was the purpose of the Child Saving Movement?
To keep children sheltered, fed, and employed
How were reform schools designed?
As small, rural, cottage-like homes run by parental figures who worked to educate and care for the children and adolescents.
When were juvenile courts established?
1899-1920
Who worked with the child and family to guide the decision-making of juvenile courts?
Probation officers, social workers, and psychologists
What was the primary determination and outcome for those involved with the juvenile courts during the 1920-1960 time period?
Institutionalization
What were the conditions like in the facilities during the 1920-1960 time period?
Substandard and overcrowded, with no rehabilitative services or medical care
What were community-based corrections introduced during the 1920-1960 time period?
Group homes, partial release supervision, and halfway houses
What was the purpose of houses of refuge?
To control troubled, wayward, or orphaned children
Study Notes
- 1750-1850: Troubled children were offered intervention efforts focused on family control.
- Almshouses were colonial-era, locked, one-room buildings that housed many types of people with many different problems, including troubled or orphaned children.
- Houses of refuge were established in major cities to help control troubled, wayward, or orphaned children.
- 1850-1890: The Child Saving Movement focused on the urban poor, trying to keep children sheltered, fed, and employed.
- Reform schools were designed as small, rural, cottage-like homes run by parental figures who worked to educate and care for the children and adolescents.
- 1899-1920: Establishment of Juvenile Courts treated delinquency as a social problem instead of a crime.
- Probation officers, social workers, and psychologists worked with the child and family, as well as to guide the decision-making of juvenile courts.
- 1920-1960: Institutionalization became the primary determination and outcome for those involved with the juvenile courts.
- Facilities were substandard and overcrowded, did not include rehabilitative services or medical care, and employed a controlling and punitive environment.
- Community-based corrections were introduced, such as group homes, partial release supervision, and halfway houses.
Explore the evolution of interventions for troubled children in the 18th to the 20th century, from almshouses and houses of refuge to the establishment of juvenile courts and community-based corrections.
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