SOC310H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Defense Of Infancy, Juvenile Delinquency, Criminal Law Of Canada
Document Summary
Responding to youth crime: historical origins of juvenile justice legislation. Approaches to punishing juveniles: mere punishment (like adult criminals) or rehabilitation and guiding: mere goal of punishment is the only principle of penology applied by man. Focusing on mid 19thc and early 20thc. The [disobedient] behaviour of [unruly] young people came to be understood as juvenile delinquency around the turn of the 20th century" (pg. Symbolized first formalized juvenile justice system and break from classical legal governance (generalized system of settlement and punishment) moving to more modern legal governance (particular system based on knowledge of offender rather than his criminal conduct) Legal pluralism (existence of multiple legal systems within one geographic area); informal mechanisms of social control and customary laws continued to operate at this time of shift. Informal governance- shaming, church discipline and other community based strategies: charivari (sliwaree)- mocking of culprits by an entourage of masked serenades.
