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21 Cards in this Set
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Youth
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An individual aged 12 through 17
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Youth Criminal Justice Act
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This law defines the consequences young people face for criminal offences
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Rehabilitation
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to instill positive behaviours and attitudes
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Reintegration
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to make part of again
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Restitution
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reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
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Advocate
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One that pleads in another's behalf
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John Howard Society
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Helps all people in trouble with the law, and focuses on prevention of crimes by working in the communities
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Elizabeth Fry Society
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helps girls and women in trouble with the law, and focuses on reintegration and rehabilitation
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Healing circle
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when the criminal sits down with people and elders and they talk about the crime
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What has happened to crime in Canada since the YCJA?
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Youth incarceration rate almost 60% lower than in 1996/1997
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youth justice forum
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a small meeting between the vctim, the accused and a mediator. This meeting makes a suitable punishment and trys to get everyone's oppinion
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extra- judical measures
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it is a measure that keeps youth from getting charges or from getting into crime
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incarcenation
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going to jail or in jail
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youth offender
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it is a youth that had broken the law, these youth will proabably go into a youth justice forum if it is their first crim and the how bad the crime was
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equitable
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something that is fair under certain circumstances
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fair
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reasonable or equal
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criminal record
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it is a record with all people that have commited crime, any youth will have their criminal record when they turn 18
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charged
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to be charged (with a crime) is to be prosicuted or sentanced a punishment after doing a crime
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community service
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it is volunteering for a community, many youth charged with crime end up having a certain numbers of hours of community service they must do
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why do youth commit crime?
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for personal needs like food, becasue they are un-educated on crime and peer pressure
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why did they bring forth the YJCA in 2003?
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becasue Canada did not want the highest incarcenation of youth on the planet and the old youth crime laws had many holes in them
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