SOC 3710 Lecture : The Social Context of Youth Crime .docx
12 Jul 2014
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Why treat youth as youth : age 12-17, three categories: children (u12), youth (12-17), adults (18+, children vs. Adults: children lack knowledge of what they are doing, do not understand the consequences of their actions, not as morally developed: youth vs. Adults: notions of accountability, responsibility, physical and mental maturity: how do we arrive at these categories, factors: Education level (primary school vs. high school) Rights of passage (drinking, tobacco use, voting rights, ability to gamble, right to leave the home)(cid:224) easier access to these rights: these categories are culturally negotiated and sensitive to cultural and historical contexts. Most of it is property or drug crime. Is this a problem: freedom of press, freedom of speech. A: no, adults and children have different mental capacities. Level of incarceration: males are four times more criminogenic than females; females and males have equal levels of shoplifting. Jordan manner killing article: written within the perspective of constructionist.
