CRM 2308 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Young Offenders Act

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2308
• Professor: Sarah Heath

Document Summary

Yoa came into force in 1984 and was concerned about the rights of ofenders. Keeping less serious ofenders out of the youth jusice system. Atempted to balance compeing principles of criminal law and child welfare. Recognized that young ofenders were to be held accountable for their acions. Deterrence is the use of punishment as a threat to deter people from ofending. A status ofence is an acion prohibited to only a certain class of people, most oten applied to ofenses commited by minors. A determinate sentence is a sentence that has a deined length and can"t be changed by a parole board. Created a uniform age range to be covered by the act (12 unil 18th birthday) Ycja addressed the problems found in the yoa by shiting the orientaion of youth jusice to a criminal law and restraint approach. This shit is relected in the criminal law principles of the act, the absence of welfare principles.