CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Young Offenders Act

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 100
• Professor: Dan Horner

Document Summary

Crm 100 week 12: youth before the courts. This act existed for most of the 20th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tury, a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges arou(cid:374)d the (cid:1005)96(cid:1004)"s (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause a(cid:374) idea of youth changing. There is concern over if it is useful and helpful. There is a study in 1965 showing the government that there wasnt really effective services given to the youth. Young offenders act, 1984: offer more rehabilitative way of helping the youth, passed by brian. Mulro(cid:374)ey"s conservative government: emphasizes rights of children-charter, ban detention of over two years rates of incarceration jump. Harper reforms (2008: harsher sentences, remand more likely, adult sentences are mandatory for young offenders, reforms made sentencing harsher, and more possible for the cjs to deny bail to young offenders.