In the earliest known instances of behavioral issues in children, they often date back to writings in 800 B.C. as sourced by E. Jane Costello and Adrian Angold in their PDF Bad behavior: an historical perspective on disorders of conduct (Costello 2000). With these writings from multiple sources and continents, it is believed that any criminal or conduct issues in the child would leave the parent’s accountable for the crimes committed. However, there was a shift in the tenth century AD, in which “the state began to impose punishments directly on the culprit, rather than relying on the kinship system to control behavior, it was forced to deal with delinquent children directly” (Costello 2000).
The debate between who was held responsible and
The debate between who was held responsible and