PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Frontal Lobe, Personality Disorder, Anger Management
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Psy344- young offenders: youth were treated like adults, 19th and 20th century, children were put in adult jails like. Kingston penitentiary: were not cut out to survive amongst adults, we should separate children and adults in jails, ticking out the death penalty for children. This is a backlash to 60 and 70 to love and peace to conservative values and increase of crime. Conservative, republican, legalistic values were more at the forefront. If you commit a serious crime you need serious repercussion. Assessment of young offenders: consent from parents and assent or agreement from the child are not mandatory when a court has ordered an assessment, but clinicians will often try to get consent and assent before commencing. Assessment of young offenders: consent from parents and assent or agreement from the child are not mandatory when a court has ordered an assessment but clinician will often try to get consent and assent before commencing.
