Evaluating the Youth Criminal Justice Act after Five Years: A Qualified Success

The Youth Criminal Justice Act (2003) was enacted with the intent of decreasing the use of courts and restricting the use of custody for adolescent offenders, while improving the effectiveness of the responses to serious violent youth offenders. This paper assesses the impact of the act in its first...

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Main Authors: Bala, N, Carrington, P, Roberts, J
Format: Journal article
Published: 2009