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    of Juvenile Courts Juvenile Justice Abstract The Juvenile Justice System was created in the late 1800s to reform U.S. policies regarding youth offenders. “The juvenile court was founded at the turn of this century as a specialized institution for dealing with dependent‚ neglected‚ and delinquent minors. Its guiding principle was “parens patrie”‚ meaning the state or a guardian becomes the parent. A century ago‚ the focus of the juvenile justice system was on the juvenile offender rather

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    Feminism In The 1800s

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    the sexes that originated earlier than what people today may believe. The earliest acts and ideas of feminism have been traced back to ancient Greece‚ but the most well-known time period that fueled the feminist movement can be traced down to the 1800s. Studies made by the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation reveal that a group of Americans‚ today‚ do not understand the true values and ideals of the feminist movement. A majority of the people that voted against the feminist movement and

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    Cars In The 1800s

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    H) Have you ever been so tired you wanted to fall over and go to sleep? Well this was the case for many Americans traveling in the early 1800s before the invention of cars. (OI) The invention of cars has changed the world drastically.(T) Cars have changed the world by making it possible to drive to your destination‚ get places faster‚ and travel without having bad weather interfere with your trip. (R1) Cars have been one of the greatest inventions by making it possible for people to drive and not

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    Juvenile Delinquents

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    neighborhoods. Based on concrete theory of informal social controls‚ I proposition a 2-step hypothesis that links structure and process: family poverty inhibits family processes of informal social contract‚ in turn increasing the likelihood of juvenile delinquency. This is very important to me because I have a willing mine to try and come up with an idea to

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    they needed by hand or by basic machines. This meant that production took a much greater time for construction and that the individuals that made certain products had to be specifically trained to master that skill. This would all change by the mid 1800s with the start of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.  “Industrialization refers to a process that transformed agrarian and handicraft-centered economies into economies distinguished by industry and machine manufacture.” (Bentley 492) The

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    Seed Drill In The 1700's

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    How many of us like eating vegetables? Not a lot right‚ but growing vegetables is still as difficult today as it was in the 1700’s. The invention of the seed drill was really one of the most useful inventions in that time because it helped make the farmers work easier. The seed drill was created by Jethro Tull to make the lives of the laborers easier and not waste the seeds of what could’ve been a surplus of food. The seed drill was a mechanical machine that would plant the seeds in rows rather than

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    Hanging was still a common method of execution‚ along with boiling‚ burning at the stake‚ drawing and quartering‚ and beheading. By the 1700s‚ the number of crimes punishable by death rose to 222‚ which later would induce reforms to Britain’s death penalty statutes during the 1800s. Britain has a long history of the use of the death penalty with American ideals at its foundation. Although death sentences have been carried out throughout human history‚ the

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    Depression in the 1800s

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    Dealing with Depression in the 1800’s William Faulkner and Charlotte Gilman are two well known writers for intriguing novels of the 1800’s. Their two eccentric pieces‚ “A Rose for Emily” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” are equally alluring. These authors and their works have been well recognized‚ but also critized. The criticism focuses on the society that is portrayed in these novels. The modern readers of today’s society are resentful to this dramatic society. These two novels are full of tradition

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    people have created things that have made life easier. Transportation has always been very important. It has been a huge part of history. Of course like every other resource it had its pros and cons. Automobiles‚ airplanes‚ boats‚ and trains during the 1800s were all being invented. Before life was harsh nothing was simple as today. For example sending a letter to someone or trying to communicate with someone would take weeks even months. Today you could just send an email and it will be delivered

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    Socialism In 1800s

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    In 1800s Britain‚ the Industrial Revolution resulted in the development of a new class society. Change in the definition of societal classes is often credited to class feeling‚ defining society based on a common source of income (Perkin‚ 176). In the relevance of socialism‚ it is important to understand the most crucial class in economic and political change: the working class. One major cause of socialism in the nineteenth century is related to the increase in population. In 1800‚ Europe’s population

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