CRIM 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Juvenile Delinquency, Young Offenders Act, Social Control
28 Sep 2017
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Concept - general/abstract term referring to class/group of more specific terms. Under jda, youth misbehaviour was defined/measured/recorded as delinquency. Not easy task b/c what gets counted depends on source of info. Most common source of info on youth crime for many ppl - media. Other major source - statistics provided by social control agencies. Social control agencies - usually gov agencies mandated to perform various functions in justice system such as. Field research - method in which research conducted outside of laboratory in setting where behaviour of interest occurring. Ask ppl if they have been victimized. Ask about person"s involvement in criminal & delinquent activities. Sources of info on crime & delinquency vary considerably as measures of actual criminal activity. Surveys & field research more representative of actual criminal activity than info we get from control agencies such as. Among agencies, steadily diminishing amount of criminal activity measured depending on whether source is police records, court records, correctional records.
