The Child-Savers Movement

question 45

Multiple Choice

The child-savers movement

• A)created a separate juvenile justice system.
• B)resulted in the creation of the reform school.
• C)focused on providing homes for children who were living on the streets.
• D)embodied the legal principle of parens patriae.

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