SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Parens Patriae, Nazi Salute
27 Oct 2016
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Week eight soc 1500 crime and criminal justice october 25th. Read chapter 8 (217-219), chapter 6 (160-166), c: wortley and c: bala. In the past, if a youth broke the law and were caught by the authorities the person would likely receive the same or similar punishment as an adult offender would have. Tanner, canada, western society became age-differentiated due to industrial revolution. With the increase in technology less job opportunities were available for citizens. As a result, to this, the streets of canadian cities were occupied increasing property crime. Since youth were involved in crime for reasons that were their fault, they were treated more humanely than adults, they were seen to be in a state of delinquency at the time. A separate court system was established just for juvenile deliquesces. A correctional system was put into place that separated youth from adults. Another difference between youth and adult justice systems is incarceration.
