SOC225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Young Offenders Act, Youth Criminal Justice Act, Inverse Relation
1 Aug 2018
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Different correlates of crime: age, race, sex, socioeconomic status, drug and a. Increasing crime levels more crime is increasing by 70+ The juvenile delinquents act - 1908 - 1984 = < 12. Young offenders act - 1984 - 2003 = 12 - 18 and alcohol abuse, spatial location ent crime. Diseases increase this and messy statistics or charging practices. Young offenders act - 1984 - 2003 = 12 - 18. The reason this act was apart of legislation was because of the moral panics. This act was created because of the world war ii. Youth criminal justice act = 2003 - current. Less than 12 cannot be subjected to the courts. Built this act to land in the middle from the juvenile delinquents act and the youth offenders ac. Role convergence theory a) b) male and women roles will be converging, as wom equality in society, they are capable of everything. Based on the nurture theory, that crime is learned.
