CC200 Chapter 8: Chapter 8- First Contact
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Youths involvement in the justice system begins with a police investigation to determine whether an offence has taken place. The police or the crown have the option in most provinces to divert youth from the courts through extrajudicial measures provisions in the ycja, a practice dating back to. Juvenile delinquents act era that was first formulized through alternative measures provisions under the yoa. The diversionary provisions became even more formulized with the ycja. Yoa provided diversionary programs and regulations around their use. Ycja also encouraged police to consider issuing a warning for first-time offenders involved in non-violent offences: this has created an additional level of diversion. As a result of the diversionary provisions, if a youth successfully completed an extrajudicial measures program, his/her involvement with the justice system ends. Diversion: a practice based on a philosophy that justice, rehabilitation and reintegration are better served by keeping mist people out of the formal justice system.
