SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Kingston Penitentiary, Parens Patriae
16 Jan 2018
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Youth justice lecture 2 social and historical origins of youth justice. This pattern was established in the pioneer days and the trend continues to this day. Lawless and disobedient youth: concerns were expressed about youth as a problem in the north american colonies as early as the late. It was allot with illegal practices like fraud, theft, and murder. Apparently youth were involved in this: immigration youth crime attributed to this. Promises of prosperity in the new world weren"t realized. Many children who came from europe were left alone and impoverished: addressing new crime led to the growth of schools and clergy. One institution for youth was opened in both upper and lower canada. They could treat the poor and working class. They especially thought that youth could be rehabilitative: child savers believed that youth could be saved from a life of crime through interventions they tried to remove children from prisons.
