COMMON LAW
BRIDEWELLS
IN LOCO PARENTIS
POOR LAWS
PARENS PATRIAE
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
HOUSE OF REFUGE
LEX TALIONIS
Created during the Reform Period; separate institutions to correct youthful offenders, modeled after Roman hospices.
Model of a poor house/work house- adults and children committed together; believed hard work was the way to reform and rehabilitate
The legal doctrine that the state is the ultimate parental authority; government is the “father of the country.”
Inflicting bodily injury for breaking the rules
Developed in England; laws based on custom and usage.
The legal principal of personal revenge; a.k.a. the law of retaliation
Legal concept that gives authority and responsibility over a child in place of the parent, especially schools.
Poor and neglected children were put into servitude, some were forced to work for wealthy families who, in turn, trained them in a trade, domestic service or farming. Involuntary and could served until 21 or older
