CRM 3312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Young Offenders Act, Royal Assent
3 Apr 2018
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Strategy for the renewal of youth justice (1998) included, not limited to legislative reform: task force report 1997 reflected political tensions over youth, ycja introduced 1999, political interference (bloc delayed bill, royal assent 2002, in force 2003. Federal-provincial tensions: division of power causes problems, feds enact laws, provinces administer juvenile justice. Federal transfer money for youth justice declined after yoa: provinces disagreed with cuts, with ycja funding has increased. System should: reserve more serious interventions for most serious crimes. Declaration of principle: things that make it different from the yoa , more detailed, serves the same purpose, mentions the un convention, mention the due process, accountability and rehabilitation still must be balanced. Includes mention of gender, indigenous status: 3(1) (b) diminished moral blameworthiness or culpability: [all are important, 3(1) (c ) limits of fair and proportionate accountability, the measures taken against young persons who commit offences should: [all are important]
