SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Young Offenders Act, Broken Windows Theory, Bernard Harcourt
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New act that replaced this called the ycja. Ycja: alternative measures were labeled extra judicial measures. They wanted the youth dealt with not in the justice system/extra judicially. Figure 2 increase in the number of youth not charged and a decrease in the youth that are charged (red line) Not charging people who are committing lesser crimes; In quebec, they were always not charging the youth. In ontario, quite high but only dropped after the act was passed. Creating an image of whom the assailant is; who the typical criminal is and who they need to be scared of. Story of parting is the current version of what began in 2002, they began stopping people they suspected and majority were black. If you"re black and live in toronto, you are more likely to be charged under certain charges. Toronto police engage in racial profiling (charging people because of their race, not because they committed a crime)
