Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Juvenile Court, Indictable Offence, Young Offenders Act
13 Apr 2016
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Since the creaion of youth courts in canada, informaion has been readily available for discussion and analysis (since implementaion of yoa). Not all of the informaion is comparable over ime because of 1. The delay of introducing 16 and 17 year olds into the youth system, and 2. Because not all provinces iniially paricipated in sending their court staisics to otawa 3. Because of the introducion of the ycja and important procedural changes over ime. The court a proile: total caseloads: Primarily atributed to the ycja because of changes in police pracices and charges: administration offences. Failure to appear: 10% increase, yoa cases: 33% increase. Overall charges coninues to decrease while administraive cases luctuated with increases (unil 2000, rising again beginning 2006) Property cases in 2003-3004 = half of those in 1991/92. Due to increase of extrajudicial measures used for minority property crimes: violent crimes: made up a total of 27% of all caseloads (2011-2012)
