CC200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: School 2017, Socioeconomic Status, Social Environment
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What are some stereotypes of a typical juvenile delinquent: socio-economic status. Should we have a separate legislation to deal with adolescence in the first place: yes, because when you"re younger you"re more impressionable. Are the behaviours of youth today worse than they were 20 or 30 years ago: no. Scenariol johnny and mark get into a fistfight after school. 2017: police are called, swat teams arrives, and arrests johnny and mark. They are charged with assault even though johnny started it. Newspaper & tv reports: often negative, sensationalized and violent. Questions: who or what is to blame: leisure, parents (divorced, working mothers, deadbeat dads, lake of discipline (home, school) Youth advocate: focus is on the problems faced by young people (also called the child. Law-and-order group: focus is on how youth criminals are portrayed as an enemy of society (also called the get-tough approach) Different: developmental growth, psychological development, social environments, status, future prospects, etc.
