Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gang, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Court
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Canadian cultural mosaic: cad cultural mosaic significant role in national patterns of crime + response to crim. Asia, the caribbean, africa, and central america more than 1 in 5 people in cad: the top 10 countries of birth of the most recent immigrants included in the census, include: philippines, india, china, iran, pakistan, united. States, syria, united kingdom, france and south korea. Racialized youth gangs: 90s - cad media identified 4 groups of youth as problematic: asian, vietnamese, Cad: the most common offences among aboriginal youth are theft, break and enter, and wilful damage, the aboriginal justice inquiry of manitoba reported that aboriginal youth in. Aboriginal higher than for non-aboriginals: aboriginal youth are also over-represented in court populations, schissel (1993) found that 18 percent of young offenders in edmonton court were. "the strength of community and personal resources, the persistence of traditional culture and lifeways, and the degree of cohesion and consensus among residents"