SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Juvenile Delinquency, Youth Rights, Young Offenders Act
18 Oct 2016
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Jda & yoa: historically, two ideas emerge from the cycle. Ideas of juvenile delinquency (what is the qualitative idea?) Continuous cycle that we are never really satisfied about * (idea from previous lectures: there are also two approaches to punishment. Punishment deterrent model (harsh) such as being in it for life. Punishment rehabilitation model (lenient) welfare based. 12-17 years of age (middle stage when it comes to making a decision) approaches such as child saving: the juvenile delinquents act (jda): comes into effect in 1908. Reformers: jj kelso and wl scott (they are the two major co-founders) Rise of the child saving movement (reforms) Built on the premise of (cid:498)parens patrie(cid:499) welfare based philosophy, the. Delinquents subject to status offences (who were offenders and who were those who were runaways needed a distinction, orphans, bad parents etc. ) Jda takes a welfare model of justice (this is key)
