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Parens Patriae Doctrine
Parens patriae is one of the essential tenets upon which the U.S. juvenile court system is built. This doctrine, literally translated from the Latin as “state as parent,” was adopted during the child-saving movement of the late 1890s and early 1900s from the British Common Law system.
Historical Foundation of Parens Patriae
The child-saving movement was born of the Reformation. The child savers were predominantly Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, middle- to upper-class women whose intentions were to prevent the children of the immigrant working class from developing criminality. This movement was spirited by a duality in goals: the humanitarian rehabilitation and reform of youth, and social control to protect the privileged positions of the middle and upper class (Platt, 1995:16).
The majority of the women involved in the child-saving movement ...
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