Young Offenders

• Author: John Eaton; Denis Le May
• Profession: Librarian & Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba/Avocat, Barreau du Québec, Conseiller à la documentation en droit (1975?2006) et Chargé de cours, Faculté de droit, Université Laval
• Pages: 107-107

YOUNG OFFENDERS / JEUNES CONTREVENANTS 107

105.

YOUNG OFFENDERS

The primary purpose of having a separate criminal law for persons under a certain age is to

protect them from entry into the adult criminal justice system in the belief that there is a far

greater likelihood of eventual rehabilitation should they remain outside that system. This is

an area of federal jurisdiction (as is the criminal law generally) and is governed largely by the

Youth Criminal Justice Act (which was formerly the Young Offenders Act and, even earlier, the

Juvenile Delinquents Act). Provisions of the federal Criminal Code and Canada Evidence Act are

also at play in this area of law. Related topics: CHILDREN AND THE LAW, CRIMINAL LAW,

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE (CRIMINAL).

JEUNES CONTREVENANTS

Cette expression vise spécif‌iquement le sous-ensemble du droit pénal et du droit CRIMINEL

qui s’applique à la JEUNESSE.

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