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8th Century Roman Law "Rule of Thumb" - ✔✔you can hit, beat child/wife with
anything less than the width of your thumb
Parens Patriae - ✔✔1696
the king of England or anyone working for the king can intercede on a parents right to
care for a child
Passing of laws giving states the right to remove children - ✔✔1825
National Federation of Child Rescue (Humane society) - ✔✔1835
Foster Homes (Children's Aid Society of New York) - ✔✔1853
private charitable organization
Mary Ellen Wilson Case - ✔✔1874
First case in north american to establish legal remedies for abused children
Pursued with ASPCA
Laws put in place that doesn't give parents absolute child care
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, New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to children (NYSPCC) - ✔✔1875
worlds first entity devoted entirely to child protection
Compulsory education, Child labor laws - ✔✔1918
Social Security Act - ✔✔1935: provided federal funding to expand child welfare services
Battered Childs syndrome - ✔✔1962: paper written by pediatrician Henry Kempe,
brought child abuse to national attention in the 60s, this is when modern era of CPS
began
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) - ✔✔1974
Authorized federal funds to improve that state responses to abuse
funds for training, investigating, reporting
This was the official time the federal government assume leadership role in child
protection
Child Maltreatment - ✔✔any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or
caretaker which results in the death, serious physical or emotional harm, or sexual
abuse or exploitation
The Harm Stand - ✔✔Harm is required as an outcome
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