[LAWS 3307] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (28 pages long!)

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Lecture 1 criminal procedure in a nutshell. Canada: motor vehicle theft, mainly a crime committed by youth. This kind of assaults account for 66% of assaults in youth: level 2 - accounted for 31, level 3 - accounts for less then 3, guns and weapons offences. Violent video games the affect on youth delinquency. Results show that there is an effect on physical aggression. Weiss, 2011: majority of youth consume 3 hours of electronic media per day, youth in psychiatric facilities consume 6 hours per day, youth in correctional facilities consume a range of 10-40 hours a week. When there is conflict there is strain between societies goals and values, and the individuals ability to obtain those goals and values. Labeling theory labels are imposed by society and push people to become those labels. The study of individuals interactions within small groups. Conflicting youth gangs seeking to improve its position at the expense of the other.

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