SOC 3710- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)

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The social and historical origins of youth justice. Lawless and disobedient youth: concerns were expressed about youth as a problem in the north american colonies as early as the late. 17th century: lawless and disobedient boys and vain and lazy girls, most early documents cases were related to petty crimes, on april 19, 1737, a 10-year old servant set fire to his masters house in annapolis. Immigration promises of prosperities in new world were not realized. 19th century immortality: problems related to immigration and poverty worsened throughout the 19th century, the irish famine in the mid 1800s exacerbated these problems by increasing the number of people emigrating to the new world. Penitentiary with adults: an act for establishing prisons for young offenders, 1857, one institution opened in both upper and lower canada after act was passed. Juvenile delinquent became a new label: tried to remove children from prisons, saw prisons as a place for children to learn bad habits.