Chapter 5 - The Operation Of The Youth Criminal Justice System

Question 1

7 assumptions of youth criminal justice act

Answer 1

Accountability
Proportionality
Bifurcation
Discretion 
Community participation 
Role of victims 
special needs of aboriginal youth

Question 2

Advantages/ disadvantages of extra judicial measures

Answer 2

Great way to diverting youth from a more formal sentence
Raises questions about due process and legal safe guards
Varies by proving for what community projects you can partake

Question 3

3 levels of guiding assumptions regarding the implementation of social policy affecting young persons:

Answer 3

1. Philosophy (as declared) in legislation (what)
2. (Translation of philosophy into) program goals and objectives (how)
3. Ideological orientation of the professionals responsibility for delivering service to young people (who)

Question 4

Aboriginal youth

Answer 4

Up to 29% of youth in custody are aboriginal
Discrimination embedded
Hyper visibility of aboriginal youth

Reflection on gender, race and class

Question 5

Structured action

Answer 5

What professionals in the system do to construct social relations and social structures and how these social structures constrain and channel behaviour in specific ways.

Concept used to explore how and where law in practice is going and the extent to which inequality intersects with laws claim to be fair, equal and just in the youth criminal justice system

Question 6

Presumptive offences under YOA

Answer 6

Murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, aggravated sexual assault

Question 7

Serious violent offence

Answer 7

An offence I’m the commission of which a young person causes or ate,puts to cause serious bodily harm

Question 8

3 goals to tackle youth crime

Answer 8

Crime prevention 
Meaningful consequences (obligation to the victim) 
Reintegration