Chap10 Flashcards
What is the age range for a young offender?
12-17 Years.
Under the YCJA, when can a judge impose an adult sentence to a youth?
When the youth has committed violent youth crimes.
To qualify for extrajudicial sanctions, what must the youth do?
Admit to being involved in the offense.
What is the age range to be not criminally responsible?
Under 12 years.
Who decides whether a youth will be tried in youth or adult court?
The judge.
When could the name of a convicted youth be published?
When considered dangerous to society.
What is the youngest age a person could be tried in adult court?
18 years.
What is the most serious sentence given to a youth?
Police and community head programs.
What options do the police have when dealing with a youth suspected of shoplifting?
Call parents, charge the youth.
What is the primary intention of the extrajudicial sanctions program?
Help youths learn from their mistakes.
What is the maximum sentence a youth can receive?
3 years.
What are the main principles of sentencing in the YCJA?
Gives additional rights and protections.
What is included in a youth’s pre-sentencing report?
Intenses, incidents, related social history, personal identifiers, moral and ethical profile.
If a youth receives an open custody sentence, where do they go?
Foster homes.
What is the maximum youth fine for summary offences?
$5000.
What can happen to parents who don’t attend the hearing of their child?
Contempt of court.
Where do 16 and 17 year olds have their cases tried?
Provincial courts.
Define open custody.
For youths who need more supervision and structure in their lives.
Define personal service.
Counts to the person, no other to notify.
What sentence is usually given to a youth convicted of a minor offence?
Absolute discharge.
Define youth criminal justice act
Current federal legislation that governs youth crime
Define compensation
Something given to make amends for a Loss
Defines probation order
Placed under a probation officers supervision for up to 2 years
Define extrajudicial sanctions
A more serious punishment for youth criminals that does not crate a criminal record
Define community programs
Help prevent youth crimes
Define group home
A home that houses several youth criminals for a set time period for rehabilitation
Define alternative measures program
Programs under the youth offenders act for first time non violent offering youth
Define custody
In criminal law actual imprisonment or physical detention
Define rehabilitation
Helping an individual who commuted a crime to see that their actions were wrong
Define young offender act
Young offender law prior to the youth justice act
What type of youth offender are extrajudicial sanctions intended
Non violent first time offenders unlikely to re offend
Why do courts prefer commmuntiy service orders more than personal sévices orders
Greater benefits to community and offer more rehabilitative opportunities for offenders
