Shari is 16 years old. She used to get good grades but recently she is moody and unfocused in school and often has trouble completing tasks. She has never been in trouble with the law but she has grown up in a socioeconomically challenged situation with very little family support. No one showed up for her last parent-teacher conference and her teachers are concerned about her current situation at home.
-If Shari had grown up in the 1600s before there was a formal juvenile justice system, what would Shari have been considered as part of the poor laws

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Shari would have been considered wayward and destitute under the poor laws of the 1600s. These laws were designed to provide assistance and punishment for those who were poor or homeless, and often included provisions for placing children in workhouses or placing them in the care of other families. Shari's lack of family support and her struggles in school would likely have made her a prime candidate for such assistance.

Shari Is 16 Years Old