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Please don't use ,edu, .net, .org, .com websites. Use only government or academic websites. Use in test citations. Please answer each question thoroughly and completely. There is no title page, just the question and answer.Prior to the 19th century, children were generally viewed as “small adults” and treated accordingly. Adult punishments for children eventually changed with the “child saving movement.” Based on this information, discuss the following:How did the prevailing social conditions influence the child saving movement, and why? What other alternatives could have been proposed to the child saving movement?How did the child saving movement have a positive effect and a long-term influence on the beginnings of the juvenile justice system? Explain your answers with research and reasoning.Should juveniles who commit serious crimes be treated as adults? Will this help slow down the rate of violent acts committed by juveniles?In recent years, politicians, policy makers, and the general public have started demanding that juveniles take the responsibility for their actions and should be punished the same way as adults. This demand is allowing more and more juvenile offenders to be prosecuted in adult or criminal courts. Do you think these demands are taking us back to the type of situation which occurred before the child saving movement? With the increase in these demands, discuss the impact of the child saving movement on the modern juvenile justice system.

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How did the prevailing social conditions influence the child saving movement, and why?
Prevailing social conditions did influence the child saving movement and there were reasons behind such influence. The changing socio-economic role of women influenced the movement thoroughly. The middle-class women gradually started to extend their homemaking roles into public services and towards economic resources to support the cause of child welfare (Vito, Maahs & Holmes, 2007). It is noteworthy that the “child savers defended the importance of the home, of family life, and parental supervision. These institutions traditionally gave purpose to a woman’s life” (Vito, Maahs & Holmes, 2007). And this purposefulness acted as a social influence on the child saving movement. 
What other alternatives could have been proposed to the child saving movement?
The child saving movement was an essential one which apparently did not have any alternative. But some alternatives to the movement were proposed. For an instance, it was proposed that children whose welfare was under threat could be enlightened with the Puritanical values of hard labor (Simmons, 2017). Some also suggested that such children should be transferred to rural settings that were ideal for providing those essential things that the urban setup could not.

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