From Reformation to Child Saving

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1. What did Magarey (1978) say about responses to juvenile crime?

  • They were responses to a real increase in crime.
  • They were unreasonable as they were based on the misunderstanding of youth,
  • They were based on the fear of lower classes.
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2. What did Henry Mayhew observe in 1861?

  • That young people resented their parents sending them to work within factories.
  • That young people had started to challenge their position. They began joining gangs and engaging in underage sex.
  • That young people no longer wanted to work in factories as this gave them limited prospects.

3. Who said that there was a conflict between childhood as 'innocence' vs 'experience' in 1973?

  • Margaret May
  • Henry Mayhew
  • Susan Magarey
  • Mary Carpenter

4. What did the Children's Act 1908 establish?

  • Different court systems for youths compared to adults. It also enforced a welfare approach to youths.
  • Reformatories.
  • Different sentences to be awarded to youths.

5. In what year was the Factory Act, limiting work in factories for those below 9, passed?

  • 1833
  • 1863
  • 1843
  • 1853

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