The Juvenile Offenders' Act 1887 (1888 - 1890)

From

1888

To

1890

Categories

Principal Act

Location

Victoria

The Juvenile Offenders' Act (No.951) transferred responsibility for convicted juveniles from the Department of Industrial and Reformatory Schools to a Department for Reformatory Schools. This Act allowed for the establishment of Probationary Schools, described by the Department's Secretary as 'intermediate between the reformatory and the foster-home'. The Secretary of the Department was required to present an Annual Report to Parliament under the new legislation.

Timeline

1864 - 1888

The Neglected and Criminal Children's Act 1864

1888 - 1890

The Juvenile Offenders' Act 1887

1890 - 1915

Crimes Act 1890