Children's Courts in the United States: Their Origin, Development, and Results |
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... success is demonstrated do we discover the various steps which led to it . Then it is easy to see that the undeveloped germ had existed perhaps years before . So we now find in English chancery law authority conferred upon the judge in ...
... success is demonstrated do we discover the various steps which led to it . Then it is easy to see that the undeveloped germ had existed perhaps years before . So we now find in English chancery law authority conferred upon the judge in ...
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... success has been achieved there . What has been most significant in developing the children's courts in this country is the moral awakening of the community to a new consciousness of its duty to the child . In some States evidence of ...
... success has been achieved there . What has been most significant in developing the children's courts in this country is the moral awakening of the community to a new consciousness of its duty to the child . In some States evidence of ...
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... success of any juvenile court . Such a court can not be run on automatic or mechanical methods . Let it be reduced to a mere technical mechanism of rules and procedure and it will fail altogether . A firm yet sympathetic , tactful man ...
... success of any juvenile court . Such a court can not be run on automatic or mechanical methods . Let it be reduced to a mere technical mechanism of rules and procedure and it will fail altogether . A firm yet sympathetic , tactful man ...
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... success depends quite as much upon the man who administers them as upon the method itself . Environment is also an immense factor , and what may succeed in a city of 50,000 or 150,000 inhab- itants may not be successful in a city of ...
... success depends quite as much upon the man who administers them as upon the method itself . Environment is also an immense factor , and what may succeed in a city of 50,000 or 150,000 inhab- itants may not be successful in a city of ...
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... success . RESULTS . When we ask now what are the results of the juvenile - court sys- tem it is still too soon to present a great array of statistics and per- centages ; but facts and figures of much value are presented on pages 125-132 ...
... success . RESULTS . When we ask now what are the results of the juvenile - court sys- tem it is still too soon to present a great array of statistics and per- centages ; but facts and figures of much value are presented on pages 125-132 ...
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Page 42 - How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray...
Page 142 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound, But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Page 182 - This act shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be carried out, to wit : that the care, custody, and discipline of a child shall approximate, as nearly as may be, that which should be given by its parents...
Page 166 - If the person summoned as herein provided shall fail without reasonable cause to appear and abide the order of the court, or to bring the child, he may be proceeded against as in case of contempt of court.
Page 167 - ... child to remain in its own home subject to the visitation of the probation officer, such child to report to the probation officer as often as may be required, and subject to be returned to the court for further proceedings whenever such action may appear to be necessary...
Page 171 - ... in some suitable family home, in case provision is made by voluntary contribution or otherwise for the payment of the board of such child...
Page 170 - Sec. 6. Probation Officers — The court shall have authority to appoint or designate one or more discreet persons of good character to serve as probation officers during the pleasure of the court; said probation officers to receive no compensation from the public treasury.
Page 183 - I'.'gal adoption of the child, and may, by its or his attorney or agent, appear in any court where such proceedings are pending and assent to such adoption. And such assent shall be sufficient to authorize the court to enter the proper order or decree of adoption.
Page 56 - Any child committing any of the acts herein mentioned shall be deemed a juvenile delinquent person, and shall be proceeded against as such in the manner hereinafter provided. A disposition of any child under this act, or any evidence given in such cause, shall not in any civil, criminal or other cause or proceeding whatever in any court be lawful or proper evidence against such child for any purpose whatever, excepting in subsequent cases against the same child under this act. The word "child
Page 57 - In such districts, every parent, guardian or other person having charge of any child between the ages of eight (8) and sixteen (16) years, shall send such child to a public, private or parochial school...