PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Youth Criminal Justice Act, Juvenile Delinquency, Young Offenders Act
17 Feb 2014
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50 multiple choice, 1 mark each (50 marks) 5 short answer questions, 5 marks each (25 marks) Total out of 75 marks (but worth only 35% of your final grade) Time: 2 hours: assignment, use csc website (correctional plan) identify needs, use lecture notes from class, only when talking about theories do you cite, but other than that don"t have to cite the case. 44 samples compared recidivism rates for boot camp participants to regular" corrections participants: boot camp recidivism rate: 49. 4, regular corrections recidivism rate: 50. 0, effect size = non-existent ( 0 ) we need to look at confidence intervals and effect size. Juvenile delinquents act (jda) 1908 1983: young offender act (yoa) 1984 - 2003, youth criminal justice act (ycja) april 1st, 2003 - present. Not-yet-mature- beings in need of aid, encouragement, help and assistance . every juvenile delinquent shall be treated not as a criminal, but as a misdirected and misguided child .
