LAWS 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Impulsivity, Age 12
22 Nov 2017
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September 13, 2017: history of the ycja. Adolescence and the rationales for a youth justice system. All legal systems treat children and youths differently than adults, and recognize that they should not be held accountable the same way as adults. Significant differences from country to country re the definition of child and. Youth and how they are treated differently than adults. In other respects, youths are treated differently than adults as well: rights to property and inheritance are different, do not have the same privileges as adults (driving, drinking, etc. ) Canadian law recognizes 3 distinct phases of criminal accountability: childhood (under age 12): no criminal liability, youth (12 to day before 18th birthday): limited accountability under ycja, adulthood (18+): full legal accountability. The rationale for this is that it is a fundamental principle of criminal law that we punish only for blameworthy behaviour: there must be mens rea.
