ABSTRACT
SUMMARY Our examination of the development of juvenile probation identified those historical events of the nineteenth and twentieth century that contributed first to the development of the juvenile court and then to a reexamination of the legal rights of juveniles. Beginning with the first juvenile court in Chicago (1899), the constitutionally guaranteed rights of juveniles were ignored in favor of a benevolent venue intended to provide each child such care, treatment, and welfare as should have been provided by natural parents.
