SOC321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Property Crime, Urban Legend, Youth Criminal Justice Act
14 Apr 2016
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4 years in jail: 3rd youth was given sentence to 3 years for manslaughter (most allowed under yoa act, ralph klein wanted death penalty for youth convicted of murder in adult court. Deine youth as individuals between 12 and 17. This book includes youth as people in mid twenties many serving sentences or are afected by experiences in the youth justice system. Practices of governance: what is done in response to youth crime. Rationalities of governance: why it is done. Attend to discourses related to youth crime and justice without obscuring social conditions (cultural, historical, political, and social context that youth make choices in: unique approach in view of praxis in the textbook. Age, class, race, gender: marxian praxis: knowledge should not exist for own sake but used for social transformation. Knowledge of social world should not be reserved for academics.
