CHYS 3P40 Midterm: CHYS 3P40 - Exam Notes

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 3P40
• Professor: Voula Marinos

Document Summary

Conceptualizations of youth under the 3 acts (jda, yoa, ycja) Jda: youth as products of the environment, state of delinquency , misguided/misdirected by their parents, parens patriae, passive, without agency, indeterminate sentences (no end date) and disproportionate responses. Micro factors relating to youth crime: within the individual. Include psychological, neuropsychological, learning disabilities, psychiatric, genetic factors: places blame for deviant behaviour on the individual, ignore extraneous factors (macro factors) that also contribute to an individual"s engagement in crime. Macro factors relating to youth crime: within society, takes into account environmental factors which contribute to a youth"s engagement in. Include education, poverty, mental health, addictions, employment, social categories. Implications: a scapegoat for social problems influencing crime if you just focus on gender, pay less attention to female victimization, recidivists for violation of court order. Roots of violence and the immediate risk factors as presented in review of the roots of.