SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Youth Rights, Parens Patriae, Youth Criminal Justice Act
11 Jan 2017
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Legal reponses to youth crime: jda and yoa: historically, two ideas emerge from the (cid:498)cycle(cid:499) Tried under the canadian youth justice act: there are also two approaches to punishment. Punishment-deterrent model (harsh: long sentences for crimes, longer the deterrent the less crime being committed. 3 times and your out = 3 crimes and in for life in certain states. 12- 17 years of age: slap on the wrist, relocation, the juvenile delinquents act: comes into effect in 1908. Reformers: j. j. kelso and w. l. scot. Built on the promise of (cid:498)parens patriae(cid:499: lifeguard approach to save kids from the water (crimes, rescue the kids. Save them from society and all the harms out there. Juvenile delinquents seen as abandoned kids (bad parenting: state becomes a parent with lenient policy for youth, 2 different types of youth criminals. 1) plain delinquent: parents neglected them or abused them so they turned to crime the youth, could vary.
