CRIM 310 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading material: Young Offenders Act, Presentence Investigation Report, Rebuttable Presumption
7 Apr 2018
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Week 3 reading 3, evaluating the ycja after five years: a qualified success. The scc has narrowly interpreted the provisions of the ycja that allow for the use of custody, contributing to a reduction in use of custody. The ycja has succeeded in significantly reducing the rates of use of court and custody, without increasing recorded youth crime; There continue to be significant regional variations in rates of use of youth courts and custody. Ca"s (cid:498)over-reliance on incarceration(cid:499) for young offenders: scc has affirmed the position that custody is to be used as a last resort for adolescent. The preamble to the ycja itself makes clear that the act is also intended to address justice system in canada. The ycja, supreme court judgments and the impact of the ycja. Cd, the scc cited the preambles as a justification or adopting a narrow.
