CRIM 2416 Study Guide - Final Guide: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Young Offender, Young Offenders Act
30 Jul 2016
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Youth crime: studied for over 160 years. Enigma: seen as a challenge, how can we prevent it or control it, issues faced at different levels, every place is different, problems are different. Why are young people committing delinquent acts: peer pressure, respect, etc. Separation of the act from the person. Time punishment given within a specific time frame. Factors that lead to changed in the dl. Thinking about what"s happening in other countries during that time frame. Leg. history for yo in canada: 3 different leg. Are constructed as trouble, therefore they need intervention to stop them and rehab. Little adults misguided youth: not treated as children, historic shift, cjs treatment of youth depends of understanding of childhood. Child- labour and excluding children from adult work. Young kids working with parents in factories. People fighting for exclusion of kids in adult work. Parents would work and kid confined in school.
