LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Endangerment, Youth Criminal Justice Act, Statutory Rape
10 Apr 2017
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Children were recognized as victims especially when it pertains to sexual violence. After the charter, there were many laws pertaining to young persons that were struck down as unconstitutional. When this occurred, parliament created new laws to deal with this. Tonight, we will see how victim due process rights are pitted against the victims and their claims for status is criminal proceedings. Young persons are no longer seen as in need of guidance but rather as individuals who have the same responsibilities and rights as adults. In moving from the jda to the yoa there was a move towards responsibility and approach to how youth were dealt with: sexual abuse: victims" rights and crime control. When packer formulated his theories of models, he believed that incest and statutory rape were imaginary crimes. Before the 1970s there were little issues that dealt with children.
