Child savers
The child-saving movement emerged in the United States during the nineteenth century and influenced the development of the juvenile justice system. Child-savers stressed the value of redemption and prevention through early identification of deviance and intervention in the form of education and training.
Humanitism and altruism were not the only motivating factors for the child-savers. There is suggestions that an additional and perhaps overriding aim was to expand control over poor and immigrant children.
Podcasts:
The Child
"It has been said, 'There are thousands hacking at the
branches of evil,
To one who is striking at the roots.'
But who would that be?
There must be someone willing to look into the 'eye of
hell,'
Yet all who try...die.
From the mewling, grief stricken throng steps forward one
dauntless soul
Willing to strike at the looks of evil.