CRJS 2003 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Young Offenders Act, Juvenile Delinquency
6 Oct 2017
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Youth criminal justice act (ycja) 2002. Considered young people = (cid:498)misguided children(cid:499) or (cid:498)juvenile delinquents(cid:499) Difference between juvenile courts + youth criminal justice systems = dealt with more formal youth criminal justice systems. Reformable young offender 19th + 20th century. Punishable young offender since 1990s: troubling youth require punishment first and foremost, leaving, youth required intervention and could be rehabilitated reform and rehab interventions secondary measures. Argument that in recent decades the criminal justice systems of many. Western countries have become more punishment oriented, with longer prison sentences and higher rates of incarceration. Common features of early child welfare-model delinquency legislation. Doli incapax (cid:498)incapable of doing harm(cid:499) = refers to english common law presumption that children between 7-14 could not be prosecuted for committing criminal offences unless this was contested by the crown. Juvenile courts and laws were based on three distinct age-graded levels of criminal accountability: no criminal accountability = under legislatively determined age, ex.
