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NCJ Number:	183695

Title:	Young Offenders Law

Author(s):	Nicholas Bala

Date Published:	1997

Page Count:	361

Sponsoring Agency:	Gaunt (Distributor of Cavendish & Federation Press) Holmes Beach, FL 34217-2199

Publication Number:	ISBN 1-55221-025-1

Sale Source:	Gaunt (Distributor of Cavendish & Federation Press) Gaunt Building 3011 Gulf Drive Holmes Beach, FL 34217-2199 United States of America

Type:	Legislation/Policy Analysis

Format:	Book (Softbound)

Language:	English

Country:	Canada

Annotation:	This volume explains Canada’s Young Offenders Act from a legal perspective and in terms of its social and historical context and aims to provide law students, attorneys, and judges an introduction to this area of Canadian law.

Abstract:	The text illustrates major points through references to recent court cases, articles, and comparative information from other jurisdictions. The first three chapters introduce the juvenile justice system in terms of its rationale, history, the problem of juvenile delinquency, principles that guide responses to youth crime, and the jurisdiction of the youth courts. Further chapters consider issues related to the apprehension of a young person and first appearance in court, including arrest, police questioning, and pretrial detention and efforts to divert young persons, especially those with less serious charges, from the youth court before any formal hearing into various forms of alternative programs. Additional chapters address access of youth to legal services, the controversies around the role of attorneys in the juvenile justice system, issues such as confidentiality and publicity in relation to juvenile court trials, juvenile sentencing, and juvenile court waiver. The final chapter offers suggestions on how to improve Canada’s responses to youth crime, with recognition of the limits of the law as a solution to the universal human problem of adolescent deviance and delinquency. Figure, footnotes, lists of suggested readings, glossary, table of cases, and index

Main Term(s):	Juvenile codes

Index Term(s):	Canada; Foreign juvenile delinquency; Foreign juvenile justice systems; Foreign laws; Juvenile processing

Note:	Essentials of Canadian Law Series



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