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Why does it seem like young Canadians are committing more crime?
Manage episode 501314685 series 2348436
Canada is slowly starting to become desensitized to crime involving youth - not because it's no longer worrisome, but because it happens more often than not.
Why are 13 year old's finding themselves at the centre of homicide investigations? Why are 17 year old's being held on remand and not picking out what post-secondary educational program they want to go into? Are the headlines telling a different story than that of the data?
Host Maria Kestane speaks to Dr. Kim Varma, a criminology professor at Toronto Metropolitan University to discuss what we can make of this growing trend of crime headlines surrounding youth teens, and how all corners of society are responsible from keeping youth from getting acquainted with the justice system.
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Manage episode 501314685 series 2348436
Canada is slowly starting to become desensitized to crime involving youth - not because it's no longer worrisome, but because it happens more often than not.
Why are 13 year old's finding themselves at the centre of homicide investigations? Why are 17 year old's being held on remand and not picking out what post-secondary educational program they want to go into? Are the headlines telling a different story than that of the data?
Host Maria Kestane speaks to Dr. Kim Varma, a criminology professor at Toronto Metropolitan University to discuss what we can make of this growing trend of crime headlines surrounding youth teens, and how all corners of society are responsible from keeping youth from getting acquainted with the justice system.
We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future episodes. You can find us:
Through email at [email protected]
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