PSY 230 Lecture 7: Week 7
Document Summary
Three years for offenses punishable with a life term for adults. Least possible interference in freedom required for the protection of society. Ircs: ycja some special provisions, raising to adult court, use of alternative measures, restorative justice, mediation. Drop in proportion of youth charged following ycja. Age group of youth accused by type of crime (2014) Risk factors in the onset and development of delinquency: social risk factors, poverty and social inequality, peer associations, high crime, low ses neighborhood, familial risk factors, single-parent household, marital discord, abuse/neglect, familial stress, parental psychopathology. Risk factors in the onset and development of delinquency: developmental risk factors, early onset of delinquency, early misbehavior. Low psychometric intelligence: disruptive behavioral disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder. Youth are not mini adults: physical, emotional, and social development, neurodevelopmental factors, prominence of family/parental support vs. marital, prominence of school vs. work, different justice systems, different trajectories of offending*
