Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Juvenile Delinquency, Mens Rea, Preadolescence
15 May 2020
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It is important to recognize that the debate over delinquency and youth crime is situated within the historical conditions of the time. World for hopes of a better life than they had at home in europe: many families faced unemployment, sickness and destitution upon arriving in. Juvenile institutions were not built until after 1857 so juvenile offenders were housed with adult offenders: many of those who were institutionalized were convicted of minor offences and they could be as young as seven years old. It is difficult to separate the actual behaviour of youth from the social context in which such behaviours are viewed within society. Is youth crime a new problem: youth crime and society"s perception of youth crime are difficult to separate, the current views of criminal youth share similar perspectives to certain colonial and victorian ideas concerning criminal youth.
