Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 99: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Juvenile Delinquency, The Young Offenders
1 Oct 2018
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In the past canada has introduced three different legislative regimes for administering ju. Juvenile delinquents acts of 1908, the young offenders acts of 1984, and the youth cri. Reformable young offender: youth require intervention and could be rehabilitated. Punishable young offender: "troubling" youth require "punishment first and foremost, le rehabilitative interventions as secondary measures" Punitive turn thesis: the argument that in recent decades the criminal justice systems if m have become more punishment orientated, with longer prison sentences and higher rate. Juvenile delinquency: was used to describe the "violations of the law by persons below th of adulthood" Children past the age of 6 or 7 were not viewed much differently than adults until a few h. Education consisted of apprenticeships in trades working daily along side adults. Also a very high infant mortality rate discouraged parents from wanting to invest em children. Peoples view of children began to change in the 1500"s and 1600"s.
