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JUVENILE CRIME What changed with the Children's Act 1908? |
Could not be executed for capital crimes - but could be whipped Could not be placed in adult prisons Parents paid fines, becoming responsible for their child's behaviour |
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JUVENILE CRIME Why did children steal? |
Too weak to work if starving Brought in better income than working |
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JUVENILE CRIME How did children make money from stealing? |
Sold handkerchiefs on at Petticoat Lane Stole purses/robbed tills |
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JUVENILE CRIME How did contemporary elites account for the rise in juvenile delinquency? |
Drunkenness Promiscuity Gambling Literature glorifying thieves |
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JUVENILE CRIME Explain the probable reasons for the rise in juvenile delinquency |
Criminalisation of existing behaviours Changing attitude to crime Changing position of children in relation to the law |
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JUVENILE CRIME Explain 'doli capacitas' |
Did the child understand what they had done was wrong. Linked to age - child under 10 generally presumed not to have doli capacitas |
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JUVENILE CRIME What were Peel's objectives? |
Preventative police Systemisation Consolidation of criminal law Reduction of offences carrying death penalty Deterrent regime in prisons |
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JUVENILE CRIME How did Peel criminalise children? |
The Vagrant Act and The Malicious Trespass Act were both passed in the 1820s, criminalising behaviour such as hanging around on a street or being in a private field. |
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JUVENILE CRIME In what way does Peter King disagree with Susan Magary's reflections on juvenile crime? |
Magary said juvenile delinquency was invented mid-C19. Was more likely to be an increase in the recording of instances, rather than an increase in instances. |
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JUVENILE CRIME How does Stephen Humphries highlight the different attitudes towards youths of differing classes? |
Loutish behaviour of working class youths condemned, while the same behaviour from middle class youths was seen as spirited expression |
