SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Summary Offence, Restorative Justice, Corporal Punishment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

3 factors: used to explain female criminality and juvenile: birth order: predictor of delinquency (goes downhill, family size: smaller families, less delinquency, larger families, more delinquency, divorce factor: less of a predictor. Parenting: parental responsiveness: extent that parents are supportive of their child"s needs (skills and individuality, self regulation) More support, less delinquency: demandingness: the demands that are asked of children in being integrated into the family and society, discipline, confrontation of disobedience. Creates aggressive children who mimic physical punishment. Models of juvenile justice: crime control model: Punishment and severe punishment to curve criminal behaviour. Conservative (law and justice: justice model. Impart due process for juveniles even though they are not adults: welfare model (quebec) Puts welfare of child above anything (what"s best for them) Delinquency is a social event: community change model: Relationship between poverty and crime (what are the root causes)