CRM 3312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Class, Jury Trial, Fundamental Justice

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3312
• Professor: Kathryn Campbell

Document Summary

The young offenders act a report card 1984-1986. The lati(cid:374) ethi(cid:272)al p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iple (cid:862)p(cid:396)e(cid:373)iu(cid:373) (cid:374)o(cid:374) (cid:374)o(cid:272)(cid:396)e(cid:396)e(cid:863) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s fi(cid:396)st do (cid:374)o ha(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)(cid:449)hi(cid:272)h is a st(cid:396)o(cid:374)ge(cid:396) (cid:373)o(cid:396)al i(cid:373)pe(cid:396)ati(cid:448)e tha(cid:374) to do good(cid:863). Part 1: the young offenders act a short summary: the yoa replaced the jda on april 2nd, 1984. 16 and 17 year olds were included under the yoa in saskatchewan in april of 1985. 38 of the jda: jurisdiction, alternate measures, detention prior to disposition, parents, right to counsel, transfer to ordinary court, dispositions, appeals, review of dispositions, records and privacy, and youth justice committees. It only includes created by an act of parliament or by any regulation, rule, order, by-law or ordinance, but excludes status offences and provincial offences: alternate measures. It allows for the formalization of police warning or cautioning, pre- and post-charge diversion, mediation, etc. However, the responsibility for funding, initiation, and delivery of such programming is with the provincial governments.