SOC310H5 Lecture Notes - Jaywalking, Paternalism, Young Offenders Act
Document Summary
Idea that young people are different from adults and should be treated differently: childhood prolonger- attend school longer, get married later and have children later themselves. Criticisms: aries allowed his personal religion and ideological beliefs bias his historical analysis, discovery / invention of childhood is misleading; it"s been must more ambiguous. Impossible for single person to be considered adults; different based on gender. Young women almost always treated as property by their parents and then their husbands; never became adults . Actual incidence hard to determine: often didn"t keep track of age. Youth a problem in north american colonies as early as late 17th century: historical records find that there are mostly petty crimes relating to property, theft and immorality (idea of immorality criminalized at that point in time) English common law recognized children"s capacity to understand wrongfulness as limited. Doli incapax - children under 7 considered to lack capacity to commit crime.
