Shari Is 16 Years Old

Multiple Choice

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

A) Wayward and destitute
B) Child in need of supervision
C) Person in need of supervision
D) Status offender