SOC307H5 : lecture notes
Document Summary
Expand legal jurisdiction over children abuse cases: three stages preceded formal legislation on delinquency in 1908, 1. Reformatory stage: replaced imprisonment in jails that also detained adult offenders (1880s: 2. Division of labour of family or in the school: each of us have to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty, without rules most organizations like the family would not be bale to accomplish their duties and goals. Enforcement of rules: the juvenile court is itself an example of the decline of custom-trend to relay more on formal, written rules ex. In camera; held in private and no juries parents and authority and lawyers. Yoa act (1984: effort to make young offenders more accountable, protect society, age of responsibility changed by yoa under the old jda (1908) children over the. In terms of detention, bail; same rights as adult offenders, which prior to the. Yoa they did not have: parents or guardians have to be notified of their children s detention.
