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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Youth Criminal Justice Act"”.
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STREET CHECKS AND CANADIAN YOUTH: A CRITICAL LEGAL ANALYSIS
… concerns about the constitutionality of the practice. Others argue that street checks are an important investigative tool that contributes to public safety. Unfortunately, absent from most of these debates is a discussion about the impact of street checks on youth, who are heavily targeted by …
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Extending Our Promise: Providing Help to Mentally Ill Accused As Soon As Practicable
This thesis examines the current state of the criminal law’s interaction with mentally ill persons, with a specific interest in this interaction during pre-trial phases such as arrest and bail. It argues that the current provisions in the Criminal Code of Canada that allow for limited instances of …
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Saskatchewan Police Officers’ Perceptions of Justice Paradigms: Their Impact on Discretionary Decision-Making with Youth
… (EJS) provide an example of how restorative justice has become a component of the criminal justice system through legislation such as the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA). This thesis investigates Saskatchewan police officers’ perceptions of various justice paradigms – restorative, …
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Creating Criminality: The Intensification of Institutional Risk Aversion Strategies and the Decline of the Bail Process
… the risk posed to the reputation of the criminal justice system should the accused re-offend while on bail has come to influence the timeliness of the bail decision as well as the conditions of the release order. It appears that questions of institutional risk have intensified strategies …