CC200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Young Offenders Act, The Fresh Air Fund, Truancy
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Chapter 2: creating a juvenile system: then and now. Victorian reformers or child savers: 19th century north american middle-class reformers who were instrumental in the creation of a separate justice system for juveniles. The canadian juvenile system officially created in 1908 through the passage of the. Two credited for creation of the system: j. j kelso and w. l scott. Kelso was a driving force behind toronto humane society and children"s fresh. Air fund appointed provincial superintendent of neglected and dependent. Scott was president of the ottawa children"s aid society he had persuaded. Ottawa to appoint 2 probation officers for supervision of child offender went on to draft the jda. Created a welfare-based juvenile justice system: based on rehabilitative philosophy. Parents patriae: doctrine that gives the state the power to take on a guardian or parenting role for children. Refined to a broader range in 1924: any child who violates and provision of the.
