Youth Criminal Justice Act And Processing Times In Adult Criminal Court

Introduction to Youth Criminal Justice Act

Discuss about the Adult Criminal Court Processing Times.

Current research will base on youth criminal justice act of Canada due to the increasing crimes of youth in the Canadian environment. This act comes into operation in the year 2013 which specifies the guidelines for convicting criminal offenses among youth in Canada as they will give one chance of improvement to all the youths ( Deepa et. All, 95). The definition of youth is clearly explained in the act to differentiate the criminal offenses committed by an individual. An individual falls in the age limit of 12 years or older but under the maximum limit of 18 years old is considered as a youth in accordance with the youth criminal justice act. With the increasing crime among youngsters in Canada, it is essential to spread the knowledge of criminal justice act to reduce the criminal offenses committed by all the youngsters (Marc, et.all, 85).

Aim of the current act of youth criminal justice act is to protect the interest of all the aggrieved party who are suffered from the immature actions of all the youngsters. This act aims to give a chance of improvement to all the individual lies in an age limit of 12-18 years to learn from their mistake ( Paul, Bartingham and Kinney, 360). Punishment is given to all the youngsters of the Canada in accordance with the act. In the operation of this act, a latest study reveals that 72% of the overall peoples of the Canada will not trust on the functionality of the act due to excessive crimes committed by youngsters. Aggrieved party in Canada does not trust the officials of the Canadian government in taking any legal action on the guilty party (Christine LM and Romano, 502). Majority of local residents of the Canada thinks the irrelevancy of the involvement of legal system in handling the sensitive cases of the child crime as they think that parents and community members plays a significant role in resolving the issue rather than the interference of the legal system ( Jenny and S. Chuang, 0743558418767624). A parent can understand the mentality of their child which helps in overcoming its problems with the passage of time as the external interference of the legal system will ruin their childhood as they consider wrong path rather than coming back on a right track again.

The present research plan will be conducted by a researcher with an aim to achieve all its desired targets and the objectives to complete in a stipulated time period. This research study emphasizes on the current crimes takes places in Canada along with its relationship with the youngsters in Canada (Ashley, 1). Youth criminal justice act is one of the authentic and reliable sources to identify information related to a current issue.  This act also emphasizes on the juvenile Delinquents act where, an individual below 18 years are requested to live in the juvenile homes to understand its mistake as this home is considered as a mild punishment home where officers will teach a lesson about moral values to all the youngsters who have committed crimes without the intention of hurting the other party is sent to these homes. Data about the juvenile home is collected using the Canadian government website by taking approval of the higher authority to access all the information available on the website. By taking interview of all the youngsters convicted to juvenile homes will helps in knowing their experiences of living in a juvenile home along with the behaviour of all the officers in the same manner ( Donna and Tempesta, 151). The changes in the behaviour of a youngster in the juvenile home help an individual in knowing the effectiveness of the legal system. It is also helpful in knowing how they will contribute to improving the behaviour of an individual.

Relevance of Youth Criminal Justice Act in Canada

“The effectiveness of the youth criminal justice act in Canada” is a preliminary thesis statement which will explain in deep throughout the research study.  The main issue of this study is to evaluate the authenticity of the problem that how effective is the system in resolving the crimes committed by all the youngsters in Canada. According to the latest research, the resident of the country does not trust on the reliability of the act in getting rid of the problems of their residents. A common issue faced by the legal system is that the person does not trust the system as they think they will not get the justice on time as the legal system is not appropriate.

The reliability of the sources used in a research will play an integral role in concluding the entire research on a good note. A researcher uses various kinds of resources in moulding its entire research on a right track to collect all the facts and the information in achieving its research objectives within a stipulated time period. Youth criminal justice act is one of the sources to getting known about the relevant sections in prioritizing the crimes committed by a young individual is legal or illegal as per the act (Evan et. all 192). Another source used for the similar study included the past court cases and their decisions act as an additional help for the authority in giving the final verdict for a crime committed by a person. The court cases mention the nature of the cases which is helpful for the lawyers and an individual to compare its actual case with the past case to appeal for a low punishment. The intention of a youngster is also considered while giving the final verdict of the act as there two kinds of mistakes such as intentional as well as un-intentional mistakes committed by a user.

Research notes play an important role in conducting a particular research as it helps an individual in performing its research in a systematic order by completing the entire step in the desired order. Research notes include a rough idea about the pre-completion of the research as a researcher will note down all the sources from which they collect the facts and the information to support its overall research study. A scrutinizer will mention the sources from which they have to collect the information and then arrange the collected data in forming a report to deliver the completed report to its end users (Darrel, 9). The expectations of the final clients depend on the action of a researcher that collects reliable facts to the research. The collected information is reviewed by them by taking the interview of all the parties associated with a research to judge its authenticity.

Legal Cases and Verdicts in Youth Criminal Justice Act

Above research is based on the crimes committed by youngsters in Canada by explaining its relevancy in front of its external users of the overall research. It is concluded from the above research that youth criminal justice act needs to be modified according to the views of the local residents of Canada. This will also help in spreading the knowledge about the legal act among people.

The main point of the essay is included in this step which helps a speaker to pick the most suitable while presenting the same in public. Primary points of the above research include the introduction of the youth criminal justice act, relevance of the act in Canada, legal cases and their verdict used as an additional help to an individual, perspectives of Canadian residents towards this act, favourable and unfavourable arguments on youth criminal justice act.

The current essay is all about the explanation of the youth criminal justice act and the age limit to be called as a young individual under this act. Youth criminal justice act of the Canada government prescribes the regulations under a section of 2 of the act. This essay discusses the importance of the act in eradicating all the problems faced by a young individual.

According to the study of ( Michele and Martin, 1) suggest that crimes are increasing with the passage of time which needs to be controlled by an individual by waking people about the punishments and severe causes to stop youngsters to commit the same. The mentality of an individual will get changed with the passage of time by organizing social campaigns.

(Janice, 131) states that parents and the community members believe that the involvement of the legal system in punishing the youngsters who have committed the criminal offense is not good for their child. Local residents think that the interference of the legal system will spoil the sensitive matters of punishing youngsters who are not mature enough to take the decision of the court in a right manner. A parent thinks that they can change the criminal mentality of their child n a sensitive manner.

Conclusion

It is summarized from the above essay that people of Canada does not trust on the legal and justice system of the country as they think they will not get the justice due to the interference of the government in a sensitive manner. The involvement of the government in punishing youngsters whose age is less than 18 years old is not appropriate as per the residents of the country.

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