SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Young Offenders Act, Juvenile Delinquency, Bsc Young Boys

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3710
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

The social and historical origins of youth justice. The (cid:498)good old days(cid:499: youth now are much different and worse than youth from previous generations. Its the adult who complain about youth who are more likely to commit a crime. Thousands died as a result of the outbreak of this fever: problems related to immigration and poverty became worse. It no longer became favored to send youth to jail anymore. 12/14: 3rd stage- youth will be held entirely responsible for their actions, now age 18, 2) based on concept of parens patriae- parent of the state. Youth justice in canada: we went from thinking youth are reform able (1908) to thinking they are punishable young offenders (2002 with the ycja, the system transitioned like this: juvenile delinquents act (jda), 1908 . Young offenders act (yoa), 1984 youth criminal justice act (ycja), 2002. Jda the first piece of formal youth justice legislation in canada.