Youth Law

Question 1

Care and custody of juvenile delinquent shall approximate should be given by its parents

Answer 1

JDA

Question 2

The purpose was to shift from a social welfare approach to making youth take responsibility for their actions

Answer 2

YOA

Question 3

Establishing a separate justice system for youth, with separate courts

Answer 3

JDA

Question 4

Establishing that seven would remain the minimum age under which a child could be charged with a criminal offence

Answer 4

JDA

Question 5

Society’s best interest to address
youth crime through social and
community-based solutions, rather than incarceration

Answer 5

YOA

Question 6

Promoting accountability,
responsibility and consequences

Answer 6

YCJA

Question 7

Parents have the right to be notified of all court proceedings affecting their child.

Answer 7

YOA

Question 8

Streamlining youth justice to be
more flexible

Answer 8

YCJA

Question 9

Those aged 12-17 who are charged with a Criminal Code offence and only other Federal Statutes

Answer 9

YCJA

Question 10

Authority did not extend to provincial laws and statutes

Answer 10

YCJA

Question 11

Child could be placed in foster care, pay a fine, or be institutionalized until the age of 21

Answer 11

JDA

Question 12

Discontinued the practice of charging children with “status offences” that are not illegal for adults

Answer 12

YOA

Question 13

Separates out the concepts of non violent, violent and repeat offenders

Answer 13

YCJA

Question 14

Discretion given to judges led to
significant variations in sentencing for similar offences

Answer 14

JDA

Question 15

Maximum three years for
serious offences

Answer 15

YOA

Question 16

Amended twice in response to
public pressure

Answer 16

YOA

Question 17

Amended once since its creation in the 2000’s

Answer 17

YCJA

Question 18

Maximum age determined
by province

Answer 18

JDA

Question 19

Authority given to staff working in institutions that dealt with juvenile delinquents had the potential for abuse

Answer 19

JDA

Question 20

Any youth over 14 accused of a violent act can receive an adult sentence

Answer 20

YCJA

Question 21

Raised the minimum age for charging a child from seven to tweleve

Answer 21

YOA

Question 22

judge might convict a youth who is innocent on the grounds that in best interest to an industrial school

Answer 22

JDA

Question 23

Established a policy with respect to fingerprinting and photographing youth

Answer 23

YOA

Question 24

Police do not have to arrest youth
who are suspected of breaking the law.

Answer 24

YCJA

Question 25

Maximum sentence for crimes that would incur a life sentence for an adult was three years initially

Answer 25

YOA

Question 26

Abolished the offence of contributing to juvenile delinquency

Answer 26

YOA

Question 27

There was strong public sentiment that the Act was too lenient

Answer 27

YOA

Question 28

Judge may order parents to attend hearings or face criminal charges

Answer 28

YCJA

Question 29

Extra Judicial Sanctions

Answer 29

JDA

Question 30

Purpose was to shift from a social welfare approach to making youth take responsibility for their actions.

Answer 30

YOA

Question 31

Status offences including truancy and immorality and incorrigibility

Answer 31

JDA

Question 32

Those 18 and over are considered adults

Answer 32

YCJA

Question 33

First act the right to appeal a case from a lower court conviction

Answer 33

YOA

Question 34

Banned Names published in Newspapers are the primary source of information for the public

Answer 34

YOA

Question 35

Steven Truscott accused and convicted of sexual assault and murder of Lynn Harper

Answer 35

JDA

Question 36

Community service work is the most common for non-violent offences

Answer 36

YCJA

Question 37

States that society must reserve the most serious form of incarceration for the most serious of crimes

Answer 37

YCJA

Question 38

Provides for the expansion of diversion programs and policies

Answer 38

YCJA

Question 39

Under legislation, youths may be fined up to $1000

Answer 39

YCJA

Question 40

17-year-old Quebec youth found guilty could receive a much lighter sentence than a 17-year-old youth in Ontario

Answer 40

JDA

Question 41

The use and definition of delinquent removed

Answer 41

YOA

Question 42

Court records are not destroyed when a youth reaches the age of 18. but they are not made available

Answer 42

YCJA

Question 43

Youth in custody for more than 1 year is automatically reviewed

Answer 43

YCJA

Question 44

No due process

Answer 44

JDA

Question 45

Highest rate of Custodial detention

Answer 45

YOA

Question 46

Act that applied for chief inspector Harold Grahame's investigation of Harper case

Answer 46

JDA