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10.1 Introduction
b) What age limits were used under the Juvenile Delinquents Act?
c) What were the objectives of the Juvenile Delinquents Act? Be sure to comment on the use of
the word delinquent as opposed to offender.
Young offenders in Canada are now dealt with under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), which received
Royal Assent on February 19th 2002, and was officially proclaimed into law on April 1st 2003. The YCJA was
created to address complaints about Canadas previous young offender legislation, the Young Offenders Act
(YOA).
One major concern with the YOA was that the Act protected youths under the age of 16 who were
charged with violent crimes.
Explain how changes in the YCJA have attempted to address this public concern (p.287)
2. Looking at Figure 10-5, make a list of the top 8 programs of extrajudicial sanctions assigned to
youths between 1998 and 1999.
2)
YOU be the JUDGE: Should parents be held responsible for the criminal action of their children?
CASE Studies
CASE R. v. I.(L.R.) and T.(E.) pp.289-290
3. Under what circumstances might a case be transferred from youth court to adult court?
Fines
Compensation
Personal and
Community
Service
Probation
Term Definition Example of this type of facility
Open
Custody
Secure
Custody