One of the central rules of the modern age has been to differentiate young people from old ones and to arrange for young ones their own social space in society. In modern societies, the rationality of the social practices concerning norm offends have also been guided by making the difference between younger and older people and the other meanings associated to this. In this presentation, I will briefly describe, how social reactions towards juvenile crime have changed in Finland. The structure of the presentation is as follows. First, I will briefly make some methodological reflections on exploring societal reactions. Second, I will present a periodisation, which is\lang1033 based on changes in societal reactions towards juvenile crime in the Finnish context. Finally, I will make some notes and conclusions on the current debate on juvenile crime.\par
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\pard\keepn\qj\b 1. Some methodological reflections on exploring societal reactions towards juvenile crime\par......
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