SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Shoplifting, Youth Criminal Justice Act, Juvenile Delinquency
23 Jan 2018
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No criminal responsibility (criminal code of canada) Can leave school*, get drivers license, work full-time, engage in sexual activity, consent to medical and dental treatment. Can drink alcohol, gamble, and buy cigarettes, live independently, marry, vote, watch r-rated movies society that has meaning). The definition of youth has varied over time based on biological measures, legal, political and institutional standards, and social expectations. Youth: a social construction (that means it"s something that we have created in. The category of (cid:498)youth(cid:499) exists somewhere between that of (cid:498)child(cid:499) and (cid:498)adult(cid:499). The age at which (cid:498)mature enough(cid:499) exists varies, and it has unfixed boundaries. Some researchers argue that (cid:498)youth(cid:499) is between the ages of (cid:883)(cid:884)-18. Age-related laws, rules and regulations set out by government impact definitions. E. g. think about the fact that at 18 you can drink alcohol legally in quebec, in the u. s. ! Location of most non-violent youth crime, especially property-related. The majority of youth crime occurs in private residences.
