SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Victorian Era, Young Offenders Act, Youth Criminal Justice Act
21 Mar 2017
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What social conditions lead to (cid:498)youth(cid:499) becoming a social problem? recently working at an earlier age. What do social reformists allege to be the sources of youth crime: parenting (bad parenting, mistreatment by parents, neglect) The youth criminal justice act (ycja) replaced the yoa in 2003. Yoa amended 3 times before an comprehensive review of the legislation. Back in 1993, many say youth justice under the young offenders act (yoa) as a (cid:498)slap on the wrist(cid:499: did little to curb the public(cid:495)s fear of youth crime] The myth of the (cid:498)good old days(cid:499: public perception that youth crime wasn(cid:495)t a problem (cid:498)back in the day(cid:499), which is false. Rehabilitative philosophy a belief that the right treatment can change a person(cid:495)s attitudes, values, and/or behaviour (1800s) Moral panic refers to situations where people, groups, circumstances, or events are defined and perceived to be a threat to security and public order.
