SOC310H5 Lecture Notes - Substance Abuse, Intersectionality, System Analysis
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Examine the extent to which the youth criminal justice system is both gendered and de-gendered. Challenge the claim that girls" aggression reflects their empowerment, drawing on research cited in the chapter. Discuss why bad girls tend to be viewed as more problematic that boys who engage in criminal behaviour. Identify how aboriginal youth are other. discuss what lesson we learn about how other ethnic groups are disproportionately targeted by the criminal justice system by examining the othering of aboriginal youth. How does the experience of an aboriginal young person in the ycjs differs starkly from his or her non-aboriginal counterparts. Provide an example of the usefulness of this approach using an example from youth justice in canada. Illustrate the implications of the gendered nature of the street for males and females. Examine how victimization and criminalization are interrelated in the lives of street-involved youth by drawing on relevant research and theory.
