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1851
1850
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1825
1841
New York Juvenile Asylum started
by the Children’s Aid Society.
Ex Parte Crouse—Parens patriae
concept relied on. The right of the
parent is not inalienable.
Juvenile Delinquency and Children’s Rights
in the United States and Abroad
The first adoption act in the
United States is passed in
Massachusetts.
The House of Refuge in
Philadelphia closes.
State institutions for juvenile delinquents
open in Boston and New York.
Boston House of Refuge
is founded.
New York House of Refuge
is founded.
John Augustus, first official
probation officer in the United
States, begins work in Boston.
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1830
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1910
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1897
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1890
1889
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1886
1884
1881
Illinois Juvenile
Court Act.
Case Law begins to deal with
protective statutes.
Illinois Supreme Court reverses Dan O’Connell’s
vagrancy sentence to the Chicago Reform School due
to lack of due process procedures in People v. Turner.
Ex Parte Becknell, a California
decision that reverses the
sentence of a juvenile who has
not been given a jury trial.
Supreme Court of Minnesota establishes
the doctrine of parental immunity.
Children’s Aid Society of Pennsylvania, a foster home
for the juvenile delinquent used as an alternative to
reform schools, is established.
Board of children’s guardians is
established in Indiana and given
jurisdiction over neglected and
dependent children.
Passage of the Fourteenth Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution.
First neglect case is heard in Massachusetts.
The state assumes the authority to take neglected
children and place them in an institution. See
Reynolds v. Howe, 51 Conn. 472, 478 (1884).
Michigan begins child protection
with the Michigan Public Acts of
1866
Massachusetts establishes that the state
has power over children under 16 whose
parents are “unfit.”
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1905
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1910
Ex Parte Sharpe defines more clearly
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the role of the juvenile court to include
parens patriae.
Legislation establishes juvenile justice
in Canada (Juvenile Delinquents Act)
and in England (Children Act).
Massachusetts passes an act to provide for
the treatment of children not as criminals but
as children in need of guidance and aid.
Commonwealth v. Fisher—
r
Pennsylvania
Court upholds the constitutionality of the
Juvenile Court Act.
Many other states pass juvenile court acts.
Compulsory
school acts.
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1918
1924
Children’s Charter.
Chicago area studies are
conducted by Shaw and
McKay.
Federal Probation Act.
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Brown v. Board of Education,
a major school desegregation
decision.
Standard Family Court Act
of National Council on
Crime and Delinquency
establishes that juvenile
hearings are to be informal.
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