Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Young Offenders, Parens Patriae, Indictable Offence
25 Jan 2016
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This creates a fear among upper class victorians that the root problem of crime lies in the children of the poor and working (or dangerous ) class who needed to be controlled. Youth crime and child savers: youth justice system victorian reformers: another view of the origin of youth crime laws is that 19th-century north. American social reformers were influential in the creation of a separate justice system for juveniles, derived from humanitarian motivations to protect the youth from the full force of criminal law. Juvenile delinquents act (1908) start of the canadian juvenile justice. Focus was on reforming the youth offender (after violation of any federal, provincial or municipal law) Jda was costly due to the new bureaucracy it entailed (required separate probation officers, courts, detention facilities etc) Implementation by provinces was inconsistent because the jda did not require immediate implementation. Winnipeg, in the dining room of a house (1909)
