CRMN 3040U Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Restorative Justice, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Birth Weight
8 Mar 2020
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Youth & crime: the propensity of adolescents to commit crimes is well-documented; as is the fact that the majority of youth who commit offences do not re-offend, adolescents lack: Sending more youth to prison does not help to reduce recidivism: tough on crime approaches do not work with youth. Project turnaround: tries to steer youth away from crime, but it does the exact opposite. Community-based mentoring programs that involve significant one-on-one role modeling (like big brother/big sister programs) have been shown to reduce crime and drug use, as positive impact offence rates. Static factor things you cannot change (gender, past offenses, etc. ) Dynamic factors things you can change (family dynamic, who you hang out with, behavioural issues) Protective factors for juvenile delinquency: poor parent-child relationships, parents being too harsh or too lax. Rj & youth: new zealand: recap: youth justice conferencing began in new zealand after the passage of the children, young.
