Chapter 6 - Female Youth In Conflict With The Law

Question 1

How are girls socialized?

Answer 1

To be less aggressive.

Question 2

Why are girls seemed as even more deviant when the come into contact with the law?

Answer 2

They are also seen as acting contrary to gender roles.

Question 3

What is the historical response to female offending?

Answer 3

-Most commentaries at the time focus on youth as homogenous.
-Most transgressions committed by young people during the settlement era was relatively minor.
-Boys more likely to offend then girls.

Question 4

What did the mid 19th Century shift from agricultural to industrial labour start?

Answer 4

• Needed labourers
  -Fuelled by arrival of immigrant children from Europe
  -Labelled as tramps and drifters
  -Poor and neglected
  -Often blamed for all youth crime
  -Seen as consequences of weak parental and familial socialization and control
  -Trend towards the use of other social institutions
  -Compulsory schooling.