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…Section 16: A hidden self-contradiction of the Y.O.A.? Section 16 contradicts Young Offenders Act. The ability of the courts to divert young offenders into ordinary court goes against section 3, the declaration of principles, particularly section 3 (c…

…and Delinquency Prevention commissioned a study and reported that the nature of juvenile gangs ii. The research was based on the male offenders incarcerated in juvenile correctional facilities and students from high school facilities both of which came from…

…the realms of rehabilitation. They are confident that any child can benefit from rehabilitation and treatment. With these realizations in mind, and an increase in juvenile offenders, the probation department has moved away from locking youth up and taken…

…to push for the abolition of capital punishment for juvenile offenders. Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and David Souter this week formally stated their opposition to the execution of criminals under the legally arbitrary age…

…to remember that the primary purpose of both Risk Assessment Scales are to identify specific classifications of juvenile offenders. Offenders are classified on a scale of being low, moderate, or at high-risk behavior and each assessment places slightly different…

…by the NSW Juvenile Justice White Paper in 1994 , it was succeeded by the pilot scheme of community youth conferencing . In 1995, the Labor Government established the Minor Offenders Punishment Scheme (MOPS) Working Party. This party contained representatives…

…, ranging in age from 15 through 17 years, were charged with the crime. (Hazlehurst & Hazlehurst, 1998, p. 150). Profiles In every community, roughly 2 percent of the juvenile offender population is responsible for up to 60 percent of the violent juvenile…

…violent predators (CiRedding). In many versions it requires adult and juvenile sexual offenders to register with their communities. The law also requires the offender to release his/her social security number, age, sex, date of birth, physical description…

…Restorative Justice Coordinator for the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission, says ¡§Authentic restorative justice makes things right. It is more than a set of programs; it is a way of understanding juvenile justice that determines how we practice…

…to be) are no different just because juveniles have committed them. This point questions weather or not the young offenders are adequately aware of the cost of their actions to be held legally liable for them. Mr. Gerard Henderson, executive director of Sydney institute, has…