SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Protestantism, Juvenile Delinquency, Lower Canada
26 Sep 2013
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Young people 12-17, more lenient fashion than adults. Mental development, their moral reasoning is less developed. Understanding the implications of their actions, they don"t think ahead as much, for that reason they are seen as separate category. Diminished level of responsibility, max sentence is 3 years for youth. 3rd category: children under 12, under control of children welfare society and action will be taken at a different level other than courts. 1908, jda: varied according to provinces (quebec youth until 18) 1984, yoa: standardized age 12-17 across country. Almost arbitrary, rights of passage that infer adult status (cars, leave home) Two different ways to define what we mean by youth: Legal definition (12-17) age category of youth is stretching. Social definition, they overlap but not the same. Criminal code rules apply evenly to young people and adults, societies reactions are different. How issues become framed in the public discourse. Tv programming has blurred boundaries between entertainment and deviant behavior/news.
