CRIM 220

This course provides an overview of youth justice in Canada. It examines how youth crime has been constructed throughout history and how young people experience the criminal legal system today. Different forms of trauma suffered by youth before they have come in conflict with the law (individual, historical, intergenerational), and during their time within the system, are examined, as well as alternatives for dealing effectively with the problem of criminalizing young people. Section information text: <strong>Course Description: </strong>This course provides an overview of youth justice in Canada. It examines how youth crime has been constructed throughout history and how young people experience the criminal legal system today. Different forms of trauma suffered by youth before they have come in conflict with the law (individual, historical, intergenerational), and during their time within the system, are examined, as well as alternatives for dealing effectively with the problem of criminalizing young people.<br/><strong>Note: </strong>CRIM 220 is an approved Self and Society course for Cap Core requirements.<br/><strong>Reg Notes: </strong>none<br/><strong>