Rehabilitation was the goal for juveniles, because they began to realize that juveniles were just that juveniles and imprisoning them instead of helping them proving that was a great disservice not only to the child and families, it was an injustice to the juvenile justice system as well. Reform schools showed to be a problem because it did not help it destroyed the juveniles which was the opposite of its intentions. This was the period in time were juveniles had no rights (due process protections) meaning the courts had the jurisdiction over criminal and status offenses like truancy which is staying out late, defiance and vagrancy like being homelessness which are parental issues yet the courts felt it was their place to step in which is why
