SOC 1500 Lecture 5: CCJ (Lecture #5)
10 Feb 2017
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Ages matters: age-related laws, rules an regulations set out by government impact definition of (cid:498)child(cid:499), (cid:498)youth(cid:499), and (cid:498)adult(cid:499) and regulate responsibilities for young people, under 12. No criminal responsibility (criminal code of canada: 12-17. Can leave school*, gets drivers license, work full-time, engage in sexual activity, consent to medical and dental treatment: 18/19. Gamble, and buy cigarettes, live independently, marry, vote, watch r-rated movies. Location of most non-violent youth crime, especially property related offences (minor theft, possession of stolen good, fraud and shoplifting) commercial establishment. Youth violent crime and youth drug offences were more likely to occur on school property. Police reported youth crime: occurred least often in winter months, occurred least often on sundays, youth drug offences peaked on friday, driving violations higher on weekends. 12 pm most frequent time for youth drug offences (weekday) 9pm 11:59 pm most common for youth traffic violations. Social policy reform: therefore policy reforms are: and institutions.
