Children
SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO, organizations that had their origin in New York City, and have since been adopted in most American and many European cities. Experience proved that defenseless children were not infrequently grossly maltreated by parents or other 1.
CHILDREN'S BUREAU legal protectors, and that therefore special legislation was necessary to secure their proper treatment. To ameliorate the condition of children has therefore entered largely into the scope of modern legislation. The principal purpose of the Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is to shield them from abuse and to care for them, at least temporarily until their cases have been disposed by a court.