Vocabulary 1
The permanent documentation of a person’s criminal behaviour
What is a criminal record?
The application of laws
what is Justice?
If you are arrested, you have the right to.... (Name 1)
What is to...
-remain silent, speak to a lawyer/parent/guardian, have parents with you during questioning, to have a lawyer if you go to court
Juries are made up of this many people.
What is twelve?
True or False: Youth crime rate has gone down since the implementation of the YCJA
What is TRUE?
To instill positive behaviors & attitudes in a person
What is a rehabilitation?
Help in the community performed as part of a sentence such as assisting with community clean up
What is community service?
the YCJA deals with youth from ages ____ to _____
what is ages 12-17?
Anyone over this age is eligible to serve on a jury
What is 18?
Under the YCJA, young offenders receive a criminal record that will be wiped after their_________ birthday
What is 18th?
Laws created through the legislative process
What is legislation?
Governed by rules that apply to everyone taking into account individual needs and circumstances
what is fair and equitable?
The YCJA allows most young offenders to avoid this.
Canada's legislation to provide justice to Adult Offenders.
What is The Criminal Code of Canada
Groups that try to solve the underlying reasons for crime
What is advocacy groups?
A consequence for a crime such as imprisonment, determined by a court of law
What is a sentence?
To make part of again
What is reintergrate?
The 4 objectives of the YCJA
What are crime prevention, rehabilitation and reintegration, and meaningful consequences.
The year the Youth Criminal Justice Act came into effect (the year it was passed in parliament)
what is 2003?
The use of an Aboriginal tradition to restore justice by involving the victim, the offender and the community
What are Youth Justice Committees or Sentencing Circles?
A group of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case
what is a Jury?
Aims to hold a young person accountable without proceeding through the formal court process.
What is extrajudicial measures?
Before the YCJA every young person who broke the law was charged and _______ ___ _______.
what is went to court?
Where a young offender is sent if they do not finish their community service.
What is court?
The age that young offenders can receive adult sentences
What is 14?
The institutions and procedures for applying laws in a society
What is the Justice System?
Refers to the punishment that discourages a punished offender from re-offending
What is deterrence?
The four factors that help decide what happens to young offenders.
What is the...
1. The seriousness of the offence
2. The history of the young person
3. The attitude of the young person
4. The circumstances of the young person
The exception to the rule that media cannot publish names of youth who commit crimes
What is if the youth is given an adult sentence?
Name BOTH of the advocacy groups we learned about
What is John Howard Society and Elizabeth Fry Society