Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Parens Patriae, Young Offenders Act
29 Feb 2016
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Creating a juvenile justice system: then and now. Reasons for why the juvenile justice system was created: juvenile justice system was created as a response to problems generated by an emerging system of capitalism that undermined traditional family supports. Two resulting problems: growing numbers of poor children on the streets and higher levels of street crime committed by young people. Believed that delinquency was the product of bad environments and that. Starting from 1799- an act to provide for the education and support of. 1903- an act respecting the good shepherd reformatory in the city of. Legislative initiatives developed form initial welfare/protection provisions provisions for child/youth institutions as a result of brown commission report in 1849 on kingston. Penitentiary + recommendations regarding unsuitability of locking up children with adults development of a system of probation and separate court system. Two men created it: j. j. kelso and w. l.
