LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Due Process, Young Offenders Act, Absolute Liability
19 Mar 2016
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Children are recognized as potenial vicims of sexual abuse apparent charges during the yoa -- due process rights of accused (yps) Yo populaion skyrockets as due process moves in: sexual abuse: vicims rights and crime control, the badgley report (1984) Was a parliament commitee that made headlines for staisics that came from a report inding that in the adult populaion 1/2 females and 1/3 males were part of unwanted sexual aciviies (mostly young people). There was then a focus on vicimizaion, punishment and protecion of vicims. At this ime young people were not reliable or credible witnesses. b. There was a push to defend young persons at this ime. The two requirements to tesify were competent and compellable but there was litle concern with how the vicim wanted to see the outcome. New ofences established: sexual interference, invitaion to sexual touching, sexual exploitaion: evidence counter-revoluion. There were changes in regards to evidences from the vicim.
