SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Defense Of Infancy, Youth Criminal Justice Act, Juvenile Delinquency
20 Mar 2016
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Youth and law: history of youth law in canada. The rise of the child saving movement: images of. [t]he movement brought attention to and invented new legal categories of youthful misbehaviour which had been previously unappreciated or had been dealt with on an informal basis (platt, 1969: 21). Was characterized by a rhetoric of legitimization, built on traditional values and imagery (platt, 1969: 22). One of the main forces behind the child- saving movement was a concern for the structure of family life and the proper socialization of young persons. These were concerns that had traditionally given purpose to a woman"s life: huge area of concern, family unit, it was these concerns that gave purpose to a woman"s life. Women"s traditional functions were dramatically threatened by the weakening of domestics roles and the rearrangement of family life (platt, 1969: 26). Children were precious, innocent, vulnerable made them susceptible to corrupting influences.
