Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Juvenile Delinquency, Larceny, Youth Criminal Justice Act
23 Oct 2018
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Child under the age of 7 deemed incapable of committing a criminal act. Though if they had sufficient intelligence to know they did wrong, then they were treated as adults (could be put in adult prison, or hung) Homunculus children are not seen as children, but as adults/small beings. Opened its first prison in kingston in 1835. Brown commission report documenting a variety of serious problems. Most of the 300 young people put in prison convicted of drunkenness, theft and vagrancy. 39 teen boys convicted for larceny, assault, trespass and disorderly conduct. Legal term to describe violations of the law by kids. Came into popular usage in the 19th century. Specialized courts to apply juvenile justice laws in the case of dependent and delinquent children. State could intervene as a "kindly parent" in situations where a family could not provide for the needs of its children.
