final Flashcards
(47 cards)
youth delinquency - ___% engaged in this behaviour?
37%
youth delinquency - what % was male
41% male students
when was the youth criminal justice act
April 1, 2003
what are predictors in male and female adolescents in ON community (Gomme.)
skipping, staying out late, running away, buying/drinking alcohol
what were significant predictors of adolescent delinquency?
close friends charged
attitude of willingness to cooperate w/police
what are not significant predictors of adolescent delinquency?
school performance
socioeconomical standing
age
School Social Control Model
structural : parent’s educational achievement (degrees)
internal state: feeling stress in class
bonds: involvement in school activities, attachment to teachers, commitment to education, social bond theory
performance: grades
constraints: belief in legitimacy of school rules, school authority, disciplinary actions
what did montreal adolescence find according to the school social control model?
all factors were significant
Dr. Chow - Predicting Youth Risk and Delinquent Behaviour
sample size - 263 students
risk behaviour - lottery tickets, gambling, smoking, drinking (big issue), physical fights, unprotected sex (big issue)
societal reaction to crime?
demography - increases interdependency of CJS
all agencies and organizations - must operate under criminal code
involvement of rcmp - policing in municipal, provincial and federal
correctional services - divided between provincial and federal
Non-System Arguments? - societal reaction to crime
different agencies and personnel must respond to requirements of legislation
each has their own focus or priority (agencies)
Crime Control Model (Packen 1968)
CJS as protection of public: deterrence, incapacitation of offenders
offenders: responsible for their actions
administration of justice: swift, sure, and efficient
presumption of guilt
confident that effective justice will: screen out innocent persons
emphasis: compensation for victims
Due Process Model
emphasis: procedural fairness, presumption of innocence
CJ process: prove guilt, agencies and decision makers follow proper guidelines
accused person factually guilty: legally innocent
concerns: structure, confine, power of CJ decision makers
Canadian Committee on Corrections
prevent crime, deter crime, gather sufficient evidence, maintain order in community, control highway traffic
Section 42 (1) Police Service Act in ON
preserving peace, preventing crimes and other offences, provide assistance, assisting victims of crime, laying charges, executing warrants
what are things police forces are assigned?
crime control, order maintenance (preventing/controlling behaviour), service (wide range of services for community)
major police stressors?
work environment (death of partner, take a life in line of duty, making violent arrests, gruesome crime scenes), availability of peer support and trust, social and family influences, police organization (distinct chain of command), coping mechanisms
what is an idealist personality?
social order - high
due process - high
what is an enforcers personality?
social order - high
due process - low
what is an optimists personality?
social order - low
due process - high
what is an realists personality?
social order - low
due process - low
Goldstein - Police Discretion
department - prioritize how resources are allocated
senior administration - set and enforce policies
patrol officers - how to respond and gain control over incident (use or not use force)
officer - how to dispose particular case, arrest, mediate, warning, referral
police investigators - gather evidence
what is clearance rates?
proportion of offences known to police and are cleared by a charge or other means
what does rising crime rates indicate?
does not indicate quality of performance, but reflects whether or not the police are doing their job