Responding to Youth Crime in Canada / / Carla Cesaroni, Anthony N. Doob.
In Responding to Youth Crime in Canada, Anthony Doob and Carla Cesaroni describe how Canada has been responding to youth crime in the context of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, which came into force on April 1, 2003. The authors describe what is known about Canadian youth crime, and the operation of...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Youth Crime and Youth Justice
- 2. Why Have a Separate Youth Justice System?
- 3. The Youth Justice System and Very Young Children
- 4. The Nature of Youth Crime
- 5. Youth Crime, Special Issues: Gangs, Schools, and Recidivists
- 6. Trends in Youth Crime: Has Youth Crime Increased in the Past Few Years?
- 7. Getting the Case to Court
- 8. Transfers to Adult Court: Treating Children as Adults
- 9. Sentencing of Youths
- 10. The Impact of Custody
- 11. Conclusion: How Do We Best Approach the Problem of Youth Crime?
- References
- Index