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…I decided to research the laws of New York State and the Juvenile Justice system in order to find out what our laws were based on. In 1980, a state law reduced the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16. Anyone charged with any offense that has…

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…Act will be dealt with. LEGISLATION The Young Offenders Act is the federal law for young people charged with crimes. Prior to April 2, 1984, the Young Offenders Act did not exist in Canada. Instead, the Juvenile Delinquents Act (which had been…

…INTRODUCTION: The federal government of Canada fifteen years ago, in 1984, the Liberal party changed the Juvenile Delinquents Acts to the Youth Offenders Act to have a “More human approach to the rights of young people before the law”(Leschild…

…of chronic offenders and incapacitate them through extended periods of incarceration" (Barr p. 1). Many criminologists have recognized that the following characteristics of a repeat offender's juvenile record are similar: ". . . child abuse and family…

…On March 7, 2000, Californians voted in favor of Proposition 21 - The Juvenile Justice Initiative. . The number of crimes committed by juveniles has risen dramatically, and it will continue to rise unless some action is taken. Thus, juvenile offenders…

…Juvenile crime is crime committed by children under the age of 18. It is usually committed by teenagers and is a term that refers to many types of misconduct forbidden by law. A serious juvenile offender is often defined as one whose offense history…

…juvenile crime were ridiculously naïve in the face of growing, serious crimina! l conduct by increasingly sophisticated adolescents. Society deserved to be protected from the juvenile offenders”(Dickinson 403). Criticism for this Act became more negative…

…ridiculously naïve in the face of growing, serious criminal conduct by increasingly sophisticated adolescents. Society deserved to be protected from the juvenile offenders”(Dickinson 403). Criticism for this Act became more negative as society discovered it wasn’t…

…YOUNG OFFENDERS         These days more and more young people are turning to crimes. These crimes are being committed by young offenders of all ages. The crimes they are committing are get even more and more serious and in the last five years…