CRIM 210 Chapter : Crim 210 Distance Ed Chapter Notes
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Public issues matters of public concern that are debated in a variety of forums and usually involve demands for action. By putting the current issue of youth crime in a historical context, we will see that youth crime has always been a part of canadian society, but not always a public issue. Politics of youth crime the ways in which youth crime is understood and talked about, both formally and informally, and the actions, laws and policies that derive from this discourse. Juvenile justice system a system of laws, policies, and practices designed under the guiding philosophy that children and youth, because of their age and maturity, should not be subject to criminal law in the same manner as adults. Two opposing sides: part of the liberal federal government"s 1995 yoa reform involved a. Problematize a process whereby something, someone, or some group is defined as a problem.