Juvenile Crime and Delinquency

by Mann, Ruth M.

• ISBN13: 9781551301808
• ISBN10: 1551301806
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Canadian Scholars Pr
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Summary

This book situates the field of Canadian youth justice historically, cross-culturally, theoretically, and politically through a collection of articles by Canadian, British, Australian, and American authors. The two major themes in this collection are the tension between juvenile justice that is also justice for youth. The articles provide exposure to a variety of perspectives by representing selections from both academic and popular writers. Topics addressed include child saving, moral panics, youth culture, and girl violence, as well as juvenile crime prevention and the ongoing reform of the youth justice system.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction Juvenile Crime and Delinquency: A Turn of the Century Reader	xiii
Ruth M. Mann
Part One: Juvenile Justice and the Historical Present
Struggles for Youth Justice and Justice for Youth: A Canadian Example	3	(16)
Ruth M. Mann
From Child Saving to Child Blaming: The Political Economy of the Young Offenders Act 1908-84	19	(26)
Paul Havemann
The Statute: Its Principles and Provisions and Their Interpretation by the Courts	45	(46)
Nicholas Bala
Mary-Anne Kirvan
One Family's Bid to Halt Teen Violence	91	(4)
Ellie Tesher
Children are not Disposable	95	(6)
Sharlene Azam
Part Two: Youth Violence
The Study of the Hatred of Children	101	(14)
Bernard Schissel
Juvenile Lawbreaking since 1945	115	(32)
D. Owen Carrigan
A Species Apart	147	(10)
Jonathan Kellerman
Is the ``Quality'' of Youth Violence becoming more Serious?	157	(12)
Anthony N. Doob
Jane B. Sprott
Part Three: Youth Cultures and Youth Gangs
The Underclass	169	(20)
Charles Murray
``Take off eh!'' --- Youth Culture in Canada	189	(22)
Michael Brake
Teen Gangs: Fear in our Schools	211	(10)
Michelle Shephard
Part Four: Girl Delinquency
Justice for Canadian Girls: A 1990s Update	221	(26)
Marge Reitsma-Street
Jenny's Story	247	(20)
Sibylle Artz
Youth Culture and Female Delinquency	267	(26)
Kerry Carrington
Part Five: Aboriginal Youth
Foreword to ``Resistance and Renewal''	293	(10)
Randy Fred
Race, Gender, and Homicide: Comparisons between Aboriginals and other Canadians	303	(18)
Sharon Moyer
Cultural Perception and Mainstream Law	321	(14)
Bernard Schissel
Part Six: Solutions
Rehabilitating Deviant Families in Ontario: From Police Courts to Family Courts	335	(30)
Dorothy Chunn
Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Social Outcomes and Delinquency	365	(26)
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
A Kinder World for Youth	391
Bernard Schissel