Negative Effects
Although there were many positive outcomes to result from the Child Savers movement, there were also many misfortunes. Many scholars believe that the Child Savers promoted altruism and guidance but then others say: “the child savers should in no sense be considered libertarians or humanists" This is based on the research that the indiscriminate arrest, indeterminate sentencing, military drill, and hard labor were the concrete results of their reforms. Another Problem is that the Child Savers tried to promote liberating the ‘delinquent’ children from the horrors of the city and the work place but instead it resulted in tighter supervision and control from adults. Also, even though the Child Savers helped establish the first juvenile court as well as the JPA, a majority of their attempts at control and prevention of juvenile delinquency turned out to be unsuccessful and resulting in worse consequences Therefore, to many who remember the Child Savers era, activists who were fighting for the juvenile's mercy came across as either too radical or irrational in their methods.
Read more about this topic: Child Savers
Famous quotes containing the words negative and/or effects:
“There is no reason why parents who work hard at a job to support a family, who nurture children during the hours at home, and who have searched for and selected the best [daycare] arrangement possible for their children need to feel anxious and guilty. It almost seems as if our culture wants parents to experience these negative feelings.”
—Gwen Morgan (20th century)
“Consider what effects which might conceivably have practical bearings we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)