Correction and Prevention, Volume 4Charles Richmond Henderson Charities Publication Committee, 1910 - Child welfare |
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Page 246 - That the care, custody and discipline of a child shall approximate, as nearly as may be, that which should be given by its parents; and in all cases where it can properly be done, the child be placed in an approved family home and become a member of the family, by legal adoption or otherwise.
Page 380 - Home life is the highest and finest product of civilization. It is the great molding force of mind and character. Children should not be deprived of it except for urgent and compelling reasons.
Page 234 - As to the children who for sufficient reasons must be removed from their own homes, or who have no homes, it is desirable that, if normal in mind and body and not requiring special training, they should be cared for in families whenever practicable. The carefully selected foster home is for the normal child the best substitute for the natural home.
Page 12 - 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 292 - delinquent" shall include any child over seven and under sixteen years of age (a) who violates any law of this state or of the United States or any municipal ordinance or who commits any act which if committed by an adult would be a crime not punishable by death or life imprisonment...
Page 292 - ... be punishable as a principal or accessory shall be punishable as a principal or accessory in the same manner as if such child were over sixteen years of age at the time the crime was committed. Any child charged with any act or omission which may render him guilty of juvenile delinquency shall be dealt with in the same manner as now is or may hereafter be provided in the case of adults charged with the same act or omission except as specially provided heretofore in the case of children under...
Page 304 - In words which have been often quoted, "the problem for determination by the judge is not "Has this boy or girl committed a specific wrong...
Page 294 - The action is not for the trial of a child charged with a crime, but is mercifully to save it from such an ordeal, with the prison or penitentiary in its wake, if the child's own good and the best interests of the state justify such salvation.
Page 391 - Upon the return of the summons or other process or after any child has been taken into custody...
Page 381 - SYSTEM 4. So far as it may be found necessary temporarily or permanently to care for certain classes of children in institutions, these institutions should be conducted on the cottage plan, in order that routine and impersonal care may not unduly suppress individuality and initiative.