Concept information
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criminology and criminal justice
criminal justice
juvenile justice
historical references: people and projects
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penology
prisons and correctional facilities
juvenile justice
historical references: people and projects
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criminology and criminal justice
special populations
juvenile justice
historical references: people and projects
Preferred term
child saving movement
Definition
- The child savers were a group of reformers in 19th-century Chicago who created the first juvenile court in the United States and developed the model for a separate juvenile justice system that is widely in use around the world today. The child savers hoped to care for and reform delinquent, neglected, and dependent children, helping them to lead lives of conformity and thereby preventing future crimes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Child Savers]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/child_saving_movement
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