[PSYC 4460] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 13 pages long Study Guide!
6 Feb 2017
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Forensic psychology in the youth criminal justice system. What is forensic psychology: when psychology comes together with the law. A brief history of youth criminal justice in canada. Young persons were at high risk of committing crime as our country were in bits in pieces due to immigration and were generally treated like adults (western canada) Youth are capable of committing crime but canada did not first have specific legislations. Doctrine of parens patriae (state could replace the parent when the parent could not take care of their own child) and best interests of the child. Minimized due process rights (having the state making the decisions, meant that children did not need to have any rights at the time) Having a system that did not give youth rights created a loss of negative outcomes and how rights were actually processed. Introduction of basic rights and freedoms under the law (first time they had processed rights)
