Chapter 1- Understanding Youth Crime Flashcards
Rationalizing of governance
Why youth crime is done
Social conditions and social context under which youth make choices.
Age
Race
Class
Gender inequalities
Marxian Praxis
Knowledge should not only exist for its own sake but should be used for social transformation
Social justice praxis
Aimed at addressing the systemic conditions of marginalization, exclusion and social inequality that lead to the involvement of youth in crime in the first place
Social injustices as they relate to race, class and gender inequalities
Gendering youth crime and youth justice
Over representation of aboriginal youth in the ycjs
How race class and gender affect the lives of street entrenched youth
Practices of Governance
What is done in response to youth crime
Media discourse can be several editors into…
News and information
Entertainment
What may influence a youth person’s choices to engage in deviant or criminal activity?
Cultural barriers such as…
Feelings of hopelessness
Lack of belonging
Lack of identity
Structural barriers such as…
Lack of recreational opportunities
Being expelled from school
Growing up in an impoverished environment
Moral panic
Occurs when there is exaggerated attention, exaggerated events, distortion and stereotyping
Youth as a group are disproportionately represented as victims of crime
Youth comprise 10% of the Canadian population, they represent 20% of the victims of crime
Youth crime rate
Comprised of all young persons aged 12-17 accused of committing a crime whether they are formally charged by police or dealt with by other means
Underlying youth justice
Paradoxical prescription that young people are not rational and responsible enough to be fully empowered, but are deemed fully rational and responsible if they offend
Trends in youth crime
Most youth crime is property related and non violent
Males outnumber females in the youth justice system at all levels
Youth crime rates have consistently decreased since the mid 1990s, with only yearly fluctuations
Far fewer charges are being laid for less serious offences
Youth are victims of crime in disproportionate numbers
What may influence a youth person’s choices to engage in deviant or criminal activity?
Cultural barriers such as…
Feelings of hopelessness
Lack of belonging
Lack of identity
Structural barriers such as…
Lack of recreational opportunities
Being expelled from school
Growing up in an impoverished environment
Moral panic
Occurs when there is exaggerated attention, exaggerated events, distortion and stereotyping
