AHSS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Peer Pressure, Youth Criminal Justice Act
31 Jul 2018
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The canadian justice system recognizes that young people who commit criminal offences are different, in important ways, from adult offenders. Young people (children and teenagers) are not mature, intellectually, Behaviourally, or emotionally; as a result, they may not be capable of reoffend than first-time adult offenders. understanding the subtleties of right and wrong conduct or the full consequences of their actions. Youth in conflict with the law often have motivations for their criminal. Actions that differ from those of adults for similar crimes, such as peer pressure. Despite media suggestions to the contrary, teenagers commit fewer crimes than adults, and teenage offenders are less likely than adults to use serious. Young people who commit a first offence while in their teens are less likely to. Sentences based on deterrence tend to be less effective for teenagers than for. Adults, but reintegrative-focused approaches are more effective for teenagers.
