CRIM 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Juvenile Delinquency, Populism, Penetanguishene
8 May 2018
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Chapter 1 – The Rise and Fall of Delinquency
Introduction
- Discusses 3 distinct periods of time
o The Pre-confederation period where children and youth were treated the same
as adults
o The Victorian Period where the behaviour and well being of children and youth
became the subject of concern
o The Post Victorian Period where youthful offenders were separated by adults in
an attempt to prevent them from developing a criminal lifestyle
- Youth crime has always been a part of Canadian Society but not always a public issue.
The Public Issue
- Youth crime has been the subject of considerable public concern and discourse for 2
decades.
- In Canada headlines warned Canadians of the issues and concers ’s
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girls.
- 21st century brought school violence in relation to youth behaviour.
Media and the Politics of Youth Crime
- Crie is Nes – the news devotes a lot of space to youth crime
- However, when studying politics of youth crime, we understand that adult crimes
surpass youth crime in severity and quantity.
- Criminal Activity becomes the prime focus of stories involving youths
- Youth crime has been decreasing.
- Voicing concerns about the youth justice system, ultimately had a consensus about how
youth justie uder the Youg Offeders At as a slap o the rist.
- Politicians took this into account and presented youth crime as a major election issue.
- Wanted someone to review the YOA and review the Juvenile Justice System
- 2001 – YCJA (youth criminal justice act) Bill C-3, was to replace YOA
- This did nothing to curb the crime and the media began focusing on it more
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- Joyriding became the focus and was seen as a threat to public safety
Two Opposing Sides
- Liberal Government wanted a Strategy of Reform for the entire youth justice system
- This resulted in public forums were held in various communities to discuss the youth
crime
- Youth Advocates were primarily interested in the problems of young people rather than
youth crime
o They knew that youth crime was misrepresented and exaggerated in most public
accounts.
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o These people wanted polices that would address poverty and high youth
employment rather than focusing on punitive justice reforms.
- La ad Order group ieed hildre ad youth as eey’s that adults eeded
protection from.
o Included i this group ere old uffalo polie offiers store seurity ad sall
business owners)
o Youth were the problem b/c
1) lack respect, reflected in the foul language
2) Lack sense of responsibility for criminal behaviour.
3) Be involved in violent criminal behaviour
o YOA was viewed as a problem b/c
1) Youth could be be identified
2) Youth were not punished for their crimes
3) Youth had more rights than their victims
4) Youth were too protected by the YOA
o They found statistics and stories that portrayed young offenders as remorseless
ad lakig feelig superpredator
o Adoate get tough approah
- 10 years later people came together to question the YCJA; after a teen had died in a car
chase. The McEvoy family was interested in 3 things (nunn inquiry)
o the systemic and individual failures leading to the release of the youth two days
prior to Theresa MEoy’s death
o the extent to which YCJA provisions contributed to the release of the youth
o the role of service providers in responding to at risk youth both before and after
a youth’s riial atiity
- law and order perspective joyriding was problematized
- They said car theft was out of control and no one is getting punished blamed the system
- Law and order perspective outweighed the youth advocate perspective
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The Good Old Days
- People think that youth crime was less back in the old days, hoeer, that’s ot the
case. Most of the youth were involved in petty property crime.
- 1993 brutal murder of 2-year-old james bulger by two 10 year olds
- (back in the day) European settlement, crime info was recorded in reports of colonial
administrators
- Kingston Penitentiary – first Canadian prison
- These people were more interested in the justice system than the actual behaviour of
children and youth
Lawless and Disobedient Youth: the 17th and 18th centuries
- The desried oys i Frae as laless ad disoediet ad girls as ai ad lazy
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