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Youth justice legislation in Canada
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1 electronic text (22 p.) : digital file. - Publisher: [Ottawa] : Parliamentary Information and Research Service, 2008.
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| General Note: | Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program. Issued also in French under title: La justice pour les jeunes au Canada, le contexte législatif. "18 November 2008". "PRB 08-23E". |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The history of youth justice From 1908 -- The Juvenile Delinquents Act of 1908 -- The Young Offenders Act of 1984 -- The Youth Criminal Justice Act of 2003 -- Preamble and Principles of the Youth Criminal Justice Act -- Sentences -- Extrajudicial Measures -- The Presumption of Extrajudicial Measures -- Types of Extrajudicial Measures -- Sentences Specific to Young Offenders -- Non-custodial Sentences First and Foremost -- Custody as a Last Resort -- Adult Sentences for Young Offenders -- Background -- Current Rules in the Youth Criminal Justice Act -- Place of Detention -- Length of Sentence and Conditional Release -- Consequences of a Finding of Guilt for a Young Offender -- Young Offenders and Criminal Records -- Young Offenders and the National Sex Offender Registry -- Young Offenders and Firearms -- Young Offenders and the National DNA Data Bank. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Electronic monograph in PDF format. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of acess: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Canada. Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Canada Juvenile delinquents -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Canada Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Canada |
