CHILD SAVERS
JUVENILE WAIVERS
REFORM SCHOOLS
DUE PROCESS
JUVENILE COURT ACT
CHINS/PINS
JUST DESERTS
established that juveniles had the same rights as adults in important areas of trial process,
promoted free public education and child labor laws, used parens patriae to save them from terrible living conditions and protect them from criminal influences
Illinois law that created independent courts to handle criminal law violations by children under 16 years of age and separate juveniles from adult offenders
special category of children in need of state supervision
youths who commit serious violent offenses such as rape or murder may be automatically excluded from the juvenile justice system and treated as adults
get tough on crime approach where the interests of society come before the interest of the juvenile
state training schools; reform through hard work and discipline
