SOC310H5 Lecture 5: SOC310 S1 L5
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Soc310 s1 l5 operation of the youth criminal justice system. It places emphasis on both the offence and offender. Aboriginal youth and try to acknowledge and prevent incarceration for this group due to these circumstances, and lastly the ycja focuses on the role of the victim. Policing youth justice: the ycja said its okay for police to do nothing when the child breaks the law. Instead they could give them a warming, give caution, establish them in a program, etc. This is to prevent children from going through the cjs: the number of youth charged sharply declined, and the number of youth diverted strongly increased when the ycja came into effect. Criminal justice processing: the police are the first formal contact young people have. Pre-trial detention: same grounds on the criminal code; so basically, the same as adults, this is meant for the person that has not been found guilty yet.
