SOC 1500 Lecture : Youth Legislation.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Scott Brandon

Document Summary

Best interest of a young person : reform schools/training schools, natives, recent immigrants, people from poor neighborhoods, weren"t charged with c. c offences, charged as delinquents , no fixed sentences, could be there up until 21 years old, wealthy kids got let off, go back to their wonderful homes, discriminatory towards the poor native, recent immigrants, unintentional. 1983: the charter: s. 12 cruel and unusual punishment, s. 15 equality, s. 10 right to know why you"re being detained and a right not to b arbitrarily detained, s. 11 b, age: 12th birthday 18th birthday > when you commit the crime, time of the incident/offence exam, protect society/public, due process with respect to the offender, court process. What do you think happened when it came out and how did the media affect it: 3 year max, 12th birthday, exam, vote for me and ill make sure kids don"t commit murders again, make it more serious, people are scared moral panic .