Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice articles from April 2004

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice archives from April 2004

Introduction: the Youth Criminal Justice Act - a new era in Canadian juvenile justice?
April 1, 2004... This issue marks the first anniversary of the proclamation into force of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The title of our Introduction emulates that of an article by Nicholas Bala (1986) on the then-new Young Offenders Act. When the YOA was...

The Youth Criminal Justice Act: new directions and implementation issues.
April 1, 2004... In passing the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), Parliament addressed fundamental issues of youth justice policy that have been the subject of controversy for decades. Parliament's response to some of these issues was to make no change in the...

The first months under the Youth Criminal Justice Act: a survey and analysis of case law.
April 1, 2004... Introduction Although a common public and political criticism of Canada's youth justice system has been that juvenile offenders are treated too leniently, the federal government's enactment of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) was not...

What did Quebec not want? Opposition to the adoption of the Youth Criminal Justice Act in Quebec.
April 1, 2004... Although we do not hear it as often as we did in the 1960s and the 1970s, the question "What does Quebec want?" has been part of the Canadian political landscape for several decades. In relation to the debates that preceded the adoption of the...

Harmonizing the sentencing of young and adult offenders: a comparison of the Youth Criminal Justice Act and Part XXIII of the Criminal Code.
April 1, 2004... The proclamation into force of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) in 2003 inaugurated a new era in the sentencing of juveniles in Canada. The act represents a significant break with the previous youth justice regime, and provides youth...

An analysis of public support for severity and proportionality in the sentencing of youthful offenders.
April 1, 2004... In May 1998, Minister of Justice Anne McLellan surprised many people by announcing that instead of offering more amendments to the Young Offenders Act (YOA), she would introduce "a new youth justice statute to underscore the renewal of youth...

Conferencing in the Youth Criminal Justice Act of Canada: policy developments in British Columbia.
April 1, 2004... Introduction The Youth Criminal Justice Act encourages "conferencing," a process that brings people together to give advice regarding a decision required over how to respond to the commission of a harmful, illegal act by a young person 12...

Working "in the trenches" with the YCJA.(Youth Criminal Justice Act)
April 1, 2004... Rhetoric and Reality Under the YCJA Justice Peter Harris--Metro East Court (Scarborough) Common orthodoxy has it that what the legislature proclaims as law is in fact carried out by those charged with administering it. The YCJA holds out...