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YCJA

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YCJAYouth Criminal Justice Act (Canada)
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Youth Criminal Justice Act (8) and any other federal Act in respect of which the Attorney General of Quebec has the authority to act as prosecutor.
It was replaced by the Young Offenders Act, whose validity ended in 2003, date on which the Youth Criminal Justice Act came into effect (11).
The relevant federal and provincial legislation, respectively, are the Youth Criminal Justice Act, SC 2002, c 1 [YCJA] and The Youth Justice Act, RSA, 2000, c Y-1 [YJA].
guilty of a criminal offence under the Youth Criminal Justice Act
Law scholars from Europe, the US, and Canada provide overviews and analyses of juvenile justice systems in Europe, the US, India, and Italy; systems in Canada in terms of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and criminal proceedings in Italy; and the different ways children are victimized by and within justice systems, particularly solitary confinement in the US, and in cross-border trafficking in Italy.
Police said the male suspect cannot be named under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Police said the male suspect can't be named under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt.
The evolution of the Crime and Disorder Act (CDA) (1998) in England and Wales and the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) (2002) in Canada and their additional and supporting pieces of legislation and policy have been comprehensively dealt with elsewhere (Bala, 2003; Dugmore & Pickford, 2007; Goldson & Muncie, 2008; Tustin & Lutes, 2012; Arnull, 2013).
After introductory chapters, he covers general principles of criminal liability, inchoate crimes, survey of criminal offenses, the sanctioning system: sentencing principles and alternatives, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the criminal process, disclosure and evidence, and protection to victims.
Youth crime rates, as well as youth incarceration rates have been decreasing for years since the Youth Criminal Justice Act was passed in 1993 to focus more on rehabilitation.
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