Chapter 1 Flashcards
How are juveniles defined? At the state level and at the federal?
- Those individuals who are under 17 years old
- Each state has different ways of defining juvenile
- Federal the same definition for juveniles under 18
What is the definition of juvenile delinquency dependent on?
- Depending on the historical period and geographic region
- Dependent on our definition of juvenile and the time and place we are in
- Depending on general conceptions of misbehaviors and deviance
- What are some of the attributes that distinguish juveniles from adults?
- The young may not be responsible for their behaviors as adults
- Less mature than adults
- Juveniles can still be saved (rehabilitate and teach them)
- Juveniles are innocent and in need of our protection (outside and themselves)
- “What does it mean when we say that in the United States race, class, and gender still matter?”
- They impact individuals experiences over time (some people can afford to pay bail and spend their time at home waiting for trial vs. in jail)
- We have different experiences based on our race, class gender, and sexuality, and different experiences based on age
- What is the process of social differentiation and what does it lead to?
- We have different experience because we define nd describe people base on different categories.
- Leads ranking based on certain categories.
- The rankings can lead to social inequality and we have placed judgement or inequality on them.
What is individual racism
the belief of inferiority of certain racial or ethnic groups with discrimination
- Institutional racism
that occurs when individuals. are disadvantaged or oppressed because of their race because of the routine workings of social institutions.
Individual classism
prejudice or discrimination based solely on someone’s class
Institutional classism:
occurs when individual. Are disadvantaged or oppressed because of their class
Individual sexism
prejudice or discrimination based solely on someone’s sex
Institutional sexism
occurs when individuals are disadvantaged or oppressed based of their sex or gender
- What is unequal enforcement and give an example of unequal treatment of girls relative to boys?
The idea that the law is written in a manner that focuses attention on one group disproportionately over another.
- EX: Lilly burg has an increased unhoused problem with youth…. A new law has been passed that it is a misdemeanor to sit on public sidewalks between 9-9 p.m. This is a large tourist town and often tourists will be sitting and no law enforcement will say anything.
- EX: Maria was found with her cousin who had possession of meth she was found adjudicated and she completed disposition for 3 days in detention and later “violated probation”
- Once you become a repeat status offender girls are often managed and controlled through agreements to control sexual behavior than boys
- What is the cradle-to-prison pipeline and its associated issues?
Starts with pervasive poverty and end up in jail through lack of health care, gaps in development, disparate educational opportunities, abuse and neglect, mental and emotional problems, substance abuse policies
- 1 in 3 black males
- 1 in 17 black females
- 1 in 17 white males
- In in 111 white females
- What is the sociological imagination?
- Understand the experiences of individuals through the conditions they are living under
What philosophy was the juvenile justice system created under?
Children are savable and need rehabilitation, not punishment