History of Youth Justice
In the 17th century children ages 6 and 7 were expected to do what?
what is work?
What does the Acronym YCJA stand for?
What is the Youth Criminal Justice Act?
what are often the most appropriate and effective ways to address youth crime?
what are Extrajudicial Measures?
what is is the formal, judicial determination of a penalty or legal sanction imposed by a court on a person found guilty of a criminal offense called in law?
what is Sentencing?
What term evolved from the shift of perception that adults and children did not think alike and were developmentally different?
What is Legal Capacity
What ages does the act cover?
what are 12 to 17?
Extrajudicial measures are presumed to be adequate to hold a young person accountable for his or her offending behaviour if the young person has committed what type of crime?
what is a non-violent crime?
The purpose of sentencing is to do what?
what is hold the youth accountable for their actions?
What is the legal term that describes a physical, voluntary act that violates the law?
What is Actus Reus?
What is principle 1?
what are designed to address criminal behaviour more serious than the type that warrants a warning, caution, or referral.
what are Extrajudicial Sanctions?
what is monetary penalty imposed by a court?
what is a Fine?
The Acronym NCRMD stands for what?
what is Not criminally responsible on account for mental disorder?
When talking about he structure of the act what is principle 4?
what is Specialized protections?
The main goal of Extrajudicial Measures is to do what?
what is help youth not reoffend?
what is the court-ordered sentence requiring an offender to perform a specific number of unpaid work hours for non-profit organizations or government agencies as an alternative to incarceration called?
what is Community Service?