CRIM 3657 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Young Offenders Act, Juvenile Delinquency

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 3657
• Professor: Zachary Levinsky

Document Summary

I agree, do away with the youth criminal justice act. Young people know the crime they are committing and know the consequences of those actions. These acts may be the cause of youth crime on some level. Children now have luxury, they show disrespect towards others, etc. This category of young people causes anxiety for adults. They may want to treat them more harshly than they want to. There are a lot of changes in the ycja: youth crime as it exists in our communities. How does youth crime exist in our communities: the youth justice system and how it responds to youths apprehended. We really don"t have a clear sense about the nature of youth crime in the community and how the youth justice system works: the causes of youth crime. The most important challenge" (from doob and cesarino 2004)