Canadian Journal of Criminology articles from July 1994

Canadian Journal of Criminology archives from July 1994

Get tough or get smart? Options for Canada's youth justice system in the twenty-first century. (The Young Offenders Act - Ten Years After Implementation)
July 1, 1994... Introduction This issue of the Canadian Journal of Criminology is devoted to a review of Canada's Young Offenders Act (YOA). There are several reasons for dedicating an entire issue to an analysis of the YOA: * Without a doubt, the...

What's wrong with YOA bashing? What's wrong with the YOA? - Recognizing the limits of the law. (Canada) (The Young Offenders Act - Ten Years After Implementation)
July 1, 1994... After a decade in force, the Young Offenders Act (YOA) is the subject of intense public and political scrutiny. There is now a widespread perception that the YOA is worse than the law it replaced, the Juvenile Delinquents Act (JDA), and that,...

Interprovincial variations in the use of custody for young offenders: a funnel analysis. (Canada) (The Young Offenders Act - Ten Years After Implementation)
July 1, 1994... One of the purposes of the Young Offenders Act YOA was to correct inequities that existed under the Juvenile Delinquents Act JDA, and which were potentially subject to challenge under the "equality before the law" provision of the Canadian...

Doing justice in Canada: YOA policies that can promote community safety. (The Young Offenders Act - Ten Years After Implementation)
July 1, 1994... Ten years have passed since proclamation of the Young Offender's Act (YOA). As social legislation in Canada, it has emerged as amongst the most contentious laws ever to be enacted. More articles on young offenders appeared in Canadian...

Out of the carceral straightjacket: under twelves and the law. (Canada) (The Young Offenders Act - Ten Years After Implementation)
July 1, 1994... Introduction A decade has passed since the repeal of the 1908 Juvenile Delinquents Act (JDA), Canada's former federal youth legislation. In 1984, amid a clamour of opposition by concerned opponents and critics, the Young Offenders Act...

Youth offences - adult consequences. (Canada) (The Young Offenders Act - Ten Years After Implementation)
July 1, 1994... Introduction The Canadian response to the issue of youth crime generally has not been significantly different from the approach taken in other common law jurisdictions. The nature, purpose, and effectiveness of the youth justice system...

The need to reform the YOA in response to violent young offenders: confusion, reality or myth? (Canada) (The Young Offenders Act - Ten Years After Implementation)
July 1, 1994... Introduction Although it was once heralded as the first major "social justice bill" to come before Parliament in three decades (House of Commons, 1981-82-83), it is doubtful that the tenth anniversary of the implementation of the Young...

Juvenile Justice in Canada: A Theoretical and Analytical Assessment.
July 1, 1994... Related article: Juvenile Justice in Canada. A Theoretical and Analytical Assessment par R.R. Corrado, N. Bala, R. Linden, et M. LeBlanc (eds.), Toronto: Butterworths. 1992. Cet ouvrage se veut une suite au volume intitule Current Issues in...

Youth Injustice: Canadian Perspectives.
July 1, 1994... Related article: Youth Injustice - Canadian Perspectives. par T. O'Reilly-Fleming, et B. Clark (eds.), Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc., 1993. Ce volume est constitute d'une serie d'articles dont la plupart ont deja ete publies dans...

Girls, Delinquency and Juvenile Justice.
July 1, 1994... Related article: Girls, Delinquency and Juvenile Justice by Meda Chesney-Lind and Randall G. Shelden. Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company. 1992. Finally practitioners, researchers, and students have an excellent book...

Helping Vulnerable Youths: Runaway and Homeless Adolescents in the United States.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Helping Vulnerable Youths: Runaway and Homeless Adolescents in the United States by Deborah Bass. Washington: NASW Press. 1992. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile justice, there seems to be a small explosion of...

Young Offender Dispositions: Perspectives on Principles and Practice.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Young Offender Dispositions: Prespectives on Principles and Practice edited by Lucien A. Beaulieu. Toronto: Wall & Thompson. 1989. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile justice, there seems to be a small explosion of...

Juvenile Justice in Canada: A Theoretical and Analytical Assessment.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Juvenile Justice in Canada: A Theoretical and Analytical Assessment edited by Raymond R. Corrado, Nicholas Bala, Rick Linden, and Marc Leblanc. Toronto: Butterworths. 1992. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile...

Justice and the Young Offender in Canada.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Justice and the Young Offender in Canada edited by Joe Hudson, Joseph P. Hornick, and Barbara A. Burrows. Toronto: Wall & Thompson. 1988. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile justice, there seems to be a small...

Reinventing Juvenile Justice.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Reinventing Juvenile Justice by Barry Krisberg and James F. Austin. Newbury Park, California: Sage. 1993. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile justice, there seems to be a small explosion of books, prompted in part...

The Young Offenders Act: A Revolution in Canadian Juvenile Justice.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: The Young Offenders Act: A Revolution in Canadian Juvenile Justice edited by Alan W. Leschied, Peter G. Jaffe, and Wayne Willis. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1991. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile...

Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency, 2d ed.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency (2nd ed.) by Richard J. Lundman. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1993. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile justice, there seems to be a small explosion of...

Youth Injustice: Canadian Perspectives.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Youth Injustice: Canadian Prespectives edited by Thomas O'Reilly-Fleming and Barry Clark. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc. 1993. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile justice, there seems to be a small...

Social Dimensions of Canadian Youth Justice.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Social Dimensions of Canadian Youth justice by Bernard Schissel. Toronto: Oxford University Press. 1993. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile justice, there seems to be a small explosion of books, prompted in part by...

Street Kids: The Tragedy of Canada's Runaways.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Street Kids: The Tragedy of Canada's Runaways by Marlene Webber. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1991 After years of no Canadian text on juvenile justice, there seems to be a small explosion of books, prompted in part...

Young Offenders and the State: A Canadian Perspective on Delinquency.
July 1, 1994... Related Article: Young Offenders and the State: A Canadian Prespective on Delinquency by W. Gordon West. Toronto: Butterworths. 1984. After years of no Canadian text on juvenile justice, there seems to be a small explosion of books,...