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19 Cards in this Set
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Advocacy
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the active support of a group of people, a person or a cause
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Elizabeth Fry Society
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A society that works with young girls and women to offer information and support
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John Howard Society
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A society that works with both men and women in working to reduce the incidence of crime and prevent and restore justice. It is community based.
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YCJA
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An organization that enforces crime prevention, meaningful consequences, and offers rehabilitation and reintegration.
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Rehabilitation
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Offers programs to help help youth in different situations eg. alcohol/drugs rehab, anger management, therapy
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Reintegration
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Programs that try to help youth get back into society eg. halfway houses, life skills, career workshops
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Incarceration
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to imprison
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Equitable
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to be fair or reasonable
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Fair
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to be free from bais, dishonesty, or injustice
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Community Service
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A sentence that involves a convicted person to work and give back to the community in some way without payment for a certain amound of hours
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Criminal Record
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Is a record that keeps track of all law breaking incidents that a person has committed in his or her life
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Young Offender
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A young person from the age of 12-17 to commit a crime
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What are the 4 guiding principles of the YCJA?
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- Meaningful Consequences
-Crime Prevention -Rehabilitation -Reintegration |
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Why do youth commit crime?
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They commit it out of boredom, lack of employment, addiction, physical or social isolation, family violence, illiteracy, mental health issues and poverty and malnutrition
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Why did they bring forward the YCJA in 2003?
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-lack of principles for youth justice
-lack of clea difference in dealing with violent offences vs less serious offences -Canada's high youth incarceration rate -no way to integrate the youth back into the community -lenghty delays in the court process |
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Who opposes the YCJA?
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-Stephen Harper, he says he will "toughen up" on the repeat offenders giving them more serious sentences
-some people believe that the YCJA is too lenient and needs harsher punishments |
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What has happend to crime in Canada since the YCJA?
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Crime has been steadily decreasing and the youth incarceration rate has decreased 60%
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What are the extra-judicial punishments that can be given to a youth?
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- letters of apology
-youth justice forums -community service -return or pay of stolen property -warning/caution letter isued by the police -counselling/therapy referrals -drug/alcohol rehabilitation |
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Justice Forum
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Is an out of court measure that can be taken to discuss and solve a young offenders problem by meeting with the offender him/herself, victim, family, police, teachers or anyone else involved
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