Describe the child-saving movement and its relationship to the doctrine of parens patriae.

What will be an ideal response?


?Certain member of the Progressive movement, called child savers, began to take steps to "save" children from being exposed to the same criminal court process and sentencing penalties that were used to treat adult offenders.?In general, the child savors favored the doctrine of parens patriae, which holds that the state has not only a right but also a duty to care for children who are neglected, delinquent, or in some other way disadvantaged.

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What will be an ideal response?

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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