Youth justice in Canada
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Canada, over the course of a century, had several different laws governing youth justice, shifting from a law based on welfare principles to legislation that focuses more on criminal law principles and proportionality. Federal government concerns about the provincial overuse of the youth justice system and about the high rates of custodial sentences for minor offenses helped shape the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) of 2003, which, for political reasons, balances symbolically tough, but practically inconsequential, measures.
Publication Name: Crime & Justice (Chicago, Ill)
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0192-3234
Year: 2004
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Varieties of youth justice
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A study of the youth justice systems of eight Western nations reveals one important common element where all reflect the view that youths should be dealt with differently from adults. The general assumption in all jurisdictions is that the youthfulness of an offender mitigates the punishment that youths should receive and that youths should be kept separate from adult offenders.
Publication Name: Crime & Justice (Chicago, Ill)
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0192-3234
Year: 2004
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Sentence severity and crime: Accepting the null hypothesis
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A study examines one aspect of general deterrence, namely the effects of sentence severity on crime, reviewing evidence that supports the conclusion that harsher sentences do not deter. An assessment of the available research on the subject reveals that it is time to conditionally accept the null hypotheses, as severity of sentences does not affect crime levels in a society.
Publication Name: Crime & Justice (Chicago, Ill)
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0192-3234
Year: 2003
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