Serious and violent young offenders

What changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act can--and can't--achieve

April 7, 2010 | by Peter Jon Mitchell , Senior Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Read the Department of Justice new release here: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2010/doc_32489.html
    Read Bill C-4 here: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=4348687&Language=e&Mode=1
  2. Alphonso, C. (March 17, 2010). Tory bill proposes publicizing names of violent young offenders. Globe and Mail, p. A4.
  3. Making things worse for young offenders. [Editorial] (March 22, 2010) Montreal Gazette, p. A25.
    Rabson, M. (March 18, 2010) Changes won’t deter youth crime: professor. Winnipeg Free Press, p. A4.
  4. Nunn, D.M. (2006). Spiralling out of control: lessons learned from a boy in trouble: report of the Nunn Commission Inquiry. Province of Nova Scotia. p. 53. Retrieved March 22, 2010 from http://gov.ns.ca/just/nunn_commission/_docs/Report_Nunn_Final.pdf
  5. Ibid.
  6. Steinberg, L. (2000, April). Youth violence: do parents and families make a difference. National Institute of Justice Journal, p. 38. Retrieved January 14, 2008 from http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/jr000243f.pdf