LAWS 3307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Young Offenders Act, The Young Offenders
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Criminal jury trials (4th year class) (good fourth year class) Quebec has different philosophies (example: drinking and driving in ontario vs in. Ycja used to be called juvenile delinquents act: took 10 minutes to debate this legislation, gave the courts a very broad mandate, punishments included fines, probation or incarceration (jails were called training schools) Youth were getting treated the same way as those in residential schools. Would let you out when they thought you were rehabilitated. Youth were sent out to religious organizations (mainly christian) Youth suicide rates are very high - youth suicides are never reported. After a number of amendments - youth record continues on after the age of 18 for about 3 years and if you commit another crime within those 3 years then your records last forever. Youth have a diminished responsibility which is why we use a different legislation. Time is a different thing for young people.
