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dc.contributor.advisor | Pawluch, Dorothy | - |
dc.contributor.author | Adorjan, Michael C. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-17T16:08:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-17T16:08:24Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009-09 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/17181 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation traces debates about youth crime and justice in Canada. On a substantive level, I ask how the social problem of youth crime and justice is constructed, focusing specifically on debates over the culpability of young offenders. I also examine debates over the degree and severity of youth crime and connect the divergent positions on this question to how young offenders are conceptualized. Related to these debates, I examine the search for solutions to youth crime. I argue that positions regarding how to address youth crime are rendered ambiguous given the creation of a hybridized youth justice context which combines various competing goals. On a theoretical level, I explore the relationship between how formulations of "deviant identities" (in this case "young offenders") are related to other areas of advocacy over a social problem. I explore the dynamics of a social problem debate which persists without resolution over an extended period of time. I also address the ways in which social context impacts upon claims made over a social problem. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | youth crime | en_US |
dc.subject | justice | en_US |
dc.subject | Canada | en_US |
dc.subject | culpability of young offenders | en_US |
dc.subject | severity of youth crime | en_US |
dc.subject | social context | en_US |
dc.subject | solution | en_US |
dc.subject | advocacy | en_US |
dc.title | Discord and Ambiguity Within Youth Crime and Justice Debates | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Sociology | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
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Adorjan Michael C.pdf | Thesis | 8.77 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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