Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Young Offenders Act, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun
15 Apr 2016
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Criminology: the systematic study of the nature, extend, management, control, consequences, and prevention of criminal behaviour. Seeing the general in the particular (peter berger, 1963) Sociology and criminology help us to identify general patterns in the behaviour of particular people. Incorporating this perspective allows us to see how general social structures and forces shape the particular behaviour of individuals. Sociology would challenge the idea that we all act on our own free will: always think about life circumstances that brought the youth there, abuse, poverty, family, lack of social bonds, addiction, race, gender, peers. Criminal justice system has been very persistent in what is good for the youth. Children and youth under the age of 20 represent almost 1 in 4 people (23%) of the canadian population. As of july 2010 in canada, there were approx: 3. 7 million children under the age of 10, 1. 9 million youths aged 10 to 14.
