SOC310H5 Chapter : Febuary 1st Readings.docx
Document Summary
Chapter 5: the operation of the youth justice system. The contemporary youth criminal justice system deals with individuals from. 12-17 if they have contravened with the criminal code. System operated against a backdrop of inequality and powerful discourses of risk and governance. Socio-political climate (institutions, practices and discourses) is liable to change. This shows that law in the books plays a particular role in shaping what happens in practice as youths encounter the youth criminal justice system. It shapes the relationship between professionals and youth in very different ways. Ycja celebrates the role of the community. But to what extent the communities are equipped with skills, training, resources, knowledge and funding makes a dramatic difference. As a fair and impartial arbiter of social conflicts or as a site in society for the reproduction of gender, race, age and class inequalities.
