CRIM 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Reform School, Child Slavery, Nuclear Family
9 Mar 2016
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Public perception: determines who is elected, which party control gov, what they do to youth law. Perspectives of youth law: critical: reflect, marxist: reflect capitalist values, feminist: reflect male values, undermine female. Criminal law: men reus + actus rea, are teens capable of rational choice. Gov response: calls for reform in 1990s, cnd passed the ycja in 2003. Early youth justice: roman principle of patria potestas, father had absolute control, eng principle of parens patriae, king/ state as father of the country, doli incapax, under 7: no cim responsibility, 7-13: special status, 14+: considered an adult. Agrarian societies: mid 19th century: subsistence based, family is the essential social unit, patriarchal societal structure, church influence in paramount, edu takes the form of apprenticeships, rural based, based on tradition. Industrial societies: late 18th century- mid 1960s: production based, nuclear family, patriarchal societal structure, church influence declining, specialized skills and training, urban based. Early youth offending and responses to youth crime.
