The Youth Criminal Justice Act
Fair, Equitable, How so? To what Extent?
By: Anh-Quan Nguyen 9.2
The Youth Criminal Justice Act, first implemented and put into effect in 2003. This act, also known as the YCJA, was first proposed as an amendment to the Youth Offenders Act (YOA), an amendment which would introduce several new concepts to help improve the equitability of the justice system when it comes to young offenders. “Young offender” often applies to any person between the ages of 12 – 17. To improve the fairness of the justice system towards youth, the YCJA had introduced ways to judge a youth and decide a consequence without bringing it to the court, more rehabilitation and reintegration orientated sentences, consequences. I believe …show more content…
This is displayed through one of the extrajudicial actions the YCJA has permitted. The extrajudicial measure I have mentioned would be the courses officers can take before reporting the crime to the government and sending in a formal case review request. Officers are allowed to have the young person face consequences before and without having that youth’s case be sent in for a review by the court of law. Several courses officers allowed to take are to take no further actions, warnings, referrals and extrajudicial sanctions. This is, of course, after the officer has done an investigation and as the situation permits. I believe that this is fair towards young person because they are able to have a lesser situation for a lesser crime in the eyes of the officer in charge. Here, young person’s with cases resulting in accidents, action caused unintentionally, and/or any other case having major outside influences, they are able to have a quicker decision on …show more content…
The YCJA has been proven to be fair towards the youth that are now under its jurisdiction. The fairness is shown through the Acts beliefs of second-chances and the reintegration of youth. This will help the youth accused rehabilitate themselves. Extrajudicial measures have been introduced to select the cases that really matter to the court of law. This helps reduce the publicity of a youth’s crimes while still having the youth face consequences determined by a valid person of authority. Even if a youth’s case does go to trial, there are rules compared to the YOA that create fairness towards to youth. When the perspective of the youth accused is taken, the YCJA has shown that it has improved the equability of justice towards youth. The extent that YCJA is fair and equitable has reached at least to the
Fair, Equitable, How so? To what Extent?
By: Anh-Quan Nguyen 9.2
The Youth Criminal Justice Act, first implemented and put into effect in 2003. This act, also known as the YCJA, was first proposed as an amendment to the Youth Offenders Act (YOA), an amendment which would introduce several new concepts to help improve the equitability of the justice system when it comes to young offenders. “Young offender” often applies to any person between the ages of 12 – 17. To improve the fairness of the justice system towards youth, the YCJA had introduced ways to judge a youth and decide a consequence without bringing it to the court, more rehabilitation and reintegration orientated sentences, consequences. I believe …show more content…
This is displayed through one of the extrajudicial actions the YCJA has permitted. The extrajudicial measure I have mentioned would be the courses officers can take before reporting the crime to the government and sending in a formal case review request. Officers are allowed to have the young person face consequences before and without having that youth’s case be sent in for a review by the court of law. Several courses officers allowed to take are to take no further actions, warnings, referrals and extrajudicial sanctions. This is, of course, after the officer has done an investigation and as the situation permits. I believe that this is fair towards young person because they are able to have a lesser situation for a lesser crime in the eyes of the officer in charge. Here, young person’s with cases resulting in accidents, action caused unintentionally, and/or any other case having major outside influences, they are able to have a quicker decision on …show more content…
The YCJA has been proven to be fair towards the youth that are now under its jurisdiction. The fairness is shown through the Acts beliefs of second-chances and the reintegration of youth. This will help the youth accused rehabilitate themselves. Extrajudicial measures have been introduced to select the cases that really matter to the court of law. This helps reduce the publicity of a youth’s crimes while still having the youth face consequences determined by a valid person of authority. Even if a youth’s case does go to trial, there are rules compared to the YOA that create fairness towards to youth. When the perspective of the youth accused is taken, the YCJA has shown that it has improved the equability of justice towards youth. The extent that YCJA is fair and equitable has reached at least to the