CRIM 3657 Lecture 2: CRIM 3657 - Lecture #2
Document Summary
The development and operation of canada"s youth justice system. 17th and 18th century canada: strict social rules for adults and children, physical discipline used at home and school. Industrial revolution to early 1900s: children worked in factories, hard labour. Spread of schooling by 1920s marked separation of childhood from adulthood. More regulations after world war 2: victimization of children through violent abuse, other aspects of child welfare. Then formal rights of children and appealing rights more generally. Need to consider agency context in which it happens, structures that shape or limit it: globalization of manufacturing traditional to global. Until 1867: doli incapacitax ( incapacity to do wrong") defence available to 7-13-year old"s, otherwise no distinction from adults. 19th century: juvenile prisons, industrial schools, separation from adults. Criminal code, 1892: separate trial procedure for youth under 16; children under 7 could not be convicted. Act respecting arrest, trial and imprisonment of youthful offenders, 1894: unpublicized youth trials, care by social/child workers.
