CC200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Murder Of Reena Virk, Young Offenders Act, Roy Mcmurtry
Document Summary
Government response: calls for reform in the 1990"s, canada passes the ycja in 2003, disproportionate media reports continue, new types of youth crime are reported: young lady being involved in. Immediate criticism after it comes into effect kidnapping young girls for pornography. Two opposing sides: youth advocate: focus is on the problems faced by young people (sometimes called the child-welfare approach. , law-and-order group: focus is on how youth criminals are portrayed as an. Enemy of society (also called the get-tough approach: results in different approaches to law. e. g. : 1995 reform of yoa. It became very hard to survive for some. Rise of legal governance of deviant youth in canada: various solutions proposed: more schools, more clergy, and geographic segregation, leads to the creation of early justice systems for youth criminals, at the same time as residential schools. 19th century explanations: the sources of youth crime: orphans, poverty.
