Evaluating the Youth Criminal Justice Act after Five Years: A Qualified Success by Bala, N, Carrington, P, Roberts, J

“…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. …”

Atuação do psicólogo com adolescentes em conflito com a lei: a experiência do Canadá El trabajo del psicólogo con adolescentes en conflicto con la Ley: la experiencia del Canadá Ps... by Alex Eduardo Gallo

“…É apresentada uma comparação entre o Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente e leis semelhantes do Canadá, intituladas Youth Criminal Justice Act. São apresentados os procedimentos de avaliação biopsicossocial do adolescente, assim como a execução das medidas socioeducativas chamadas medidas alternativas. …”
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Challenging the Myth of Color Blindness in Restorative Justice Programs by Monetta Bailey

“…The failure to recognize the impact of race, ethnicity, and immigrant status in the Youth Criminal Justice Act is considered problematic as this paper challenges the notion of color blindness. …”
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Introduction by Donya Ahmadi

“…Despite a lack of insight into the motives of the accused males whose identities were protected due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the media heavily framed the shooting as having roots in the very nature of Toronto’s racialized poor inner-suburbs (O’Grady, Parnaby, and Schikschneit, 2010). …”
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