SOC 3523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Neuron
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First and last cell created is a brain cell. Parens patriae provided basis for official intervention in the lives of wayward youth. Parents were expected to supervise and control their children, but when it became apparent that parents were not properly controlling and disciplining the children, the state was given authority take over that responsibility. First house of refuge opened in 1825 in new york. Was established to take in dependent, neglected, and delinquent youths. Other houses of refuge opened in boston and philadelphia. Reform schools were opened for vagrant and delinquent juveniles. Reform schools opened in massachusetts (1847), new york (1853), ohio (1857). First state industrial school for girls opened in massachusetts in1856. Parens patriae was first tested in 1838 in ex parte crouse. The court ruled that the state has the right to intervene and provide children with guidance and supervision. Early reform schools were intended for education and treatment, not for punishment.
