LY210 Lecture Notes - Young Offenders Act
Document Summary
The harms in the youth justice system purpose to show inadequacies in the way the canadian justice system deals with young offenders. Youth justice system: (yoa) lacks clear and soherent youth justice philosophy. Incarceration overused courts over used for minor cases. Sentencing decision by courts resulted disparities and unfairness in youth sentencing. Ycja as of april 1, 2003, it replaces yoa emphasize rehabilitation and re-entry of a young offender into society. Over 160 amendments custody reserved for violent and repeated offenders. Extrajudicial measures key objectives of ycja is to increase the use of effective and timely non court responses to less serious offences. Conferences: group of people who get together to talk about the cases and what can be done to help young offender. Designed to strengthen the way in which the youth justice system deals with serious violent offences and repeat offenders. Until the ycja canada focused on custodial sentencing as a response to young offenders.
