PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Frontal Lobe, Nocturnal Enuresis, Totton And Eling
Document Summary
Ages 12-17 is 10% of the population responsible for 30% of all property offenses and 15% of all. Trade school, fines, probation, foster care: this isn"t the case anymore when it comes to trade schools and fines. Before parents would have a fine since children wouldn"t have jobs. Children then and now are still placed on probation and foster care (especially if environments were bad). No right to counsel or right to appeal. Broad judicial discretion open ended sentences: it comes down to the judges individual discretion; depending on their biases, if they have children etc. Delinquency included acts that were not illegal for adults (e. g. , truancy) Youth afforded all rights in charter (ccrf) Age of criminal responsibility: 12 18 years: it used to be 7 years old according the jda, now, under 12 years, child and family services are involved.
