SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Labeling Theory, Youth Criminal Justice Act, Juvenile Delinquency
1 Jun 2018
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Department
Course
Professor
OCT 12
Youth Crime
• Youth crime usually occurs in the home/private residents
Age Matters
• Under 12
o No criminal responsibility
▪ Criminal code of Canada
o Compulsory schooling
• 12-17
o Criminal responsibility (YCJA)
o Compulsory schooling
• 15-18
o Can leave school, get drivers licence, work full-time, engage in sexual activity, consent to
medical and dental treatment
• 18/19
o Can drink alcohol, gamble, and buy cigarettes, live independently, marry, vote, watch R-
rated movies
• Youth is a social construct
• Exists somewhere between child and adult
Location of Youth Crime
• Most to least common
o Private residences
o Commercial establishments
▪ Malls or stores
▪ Property-related crimes
• Theft, shoplifting, possession of stolen goods
o Outdoor public spaces
o School
▪ Youth drug offences
• Students get drugs from people they know
o Non-commercial buildings or institutions
o Public transportation facilities
Police Reported Crime
• Police reported youth crime dropped around the time the Youth Criminal Justice Act was
introduced
• Youth crime occurs less often in winter
o Youth are’t goig out i the old to drik uderage, to egage i petty adalis
• Youth crime occurs least often on Sundays
o Sunday is usually family days, and a day for church
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