Youth Criminal Justice Act

Youth Criminal Justice Association

Young Criminals Jumping Authority

Youth Can Join Assembly

12-18

12-17

11-19

11-22

The victim gets to take something from you.

Your name gets released in the news, and you are labelled as a thief.

Community Service

Jail Time

2003

1997

2006

2007

17

15

10

14

Work hours done without pay in the community.

Repayment for loss suffered by the victim

Return of items that were lost to the victim.

All of the above.

holding youth accountable

promoting the rehabilitation and reintegration of youth back into society

preventing crime

all of the above

Kids are not smart enough to commit crime on their own.

Youth are naturally bad, so they need a different set of rules.

When you're under the age of 18, you cannot be held responsible for your actions.

youth are presumed to be less morally blameworthy than adults.

Petty crimes

Non-violent crimes

Non-serious crimes

Soft crimes

Measures outside the formal court process can provide effective and timely responses to youth crime

Measures outside the law where youth can pay for their crimes according to their parents

Measures that a judge sets that tell the youth what they can and cannot do

The step before the court room