Rehabilitation In Canada's Juvenile Justice System

The YCJA was instated in 2003, following previous youth justice acts, it is the pinnacle of maintaining Canada as a fair and safe country. It is what keeps our youth in order and ensures they are treated in a way that can support and redeem them. This act provides alternative ways included in youth justice in order to find the most suitable way to deal with crimes and the youth that commit them. The YCJA provides consequences that fit the age, crime and work with youth to help them shift back in the right direction. Rehabilitation of our youth offenders occurs through this act, as well as allowing them to try and assist in the healing of everything and everyone affected by their crime. Canada’s youth justice system is the best component in
This act isn’t just a free pass; it demands the right consequences and offers a variety of consequences and rehabilitation to provide specific assistance that is effective and customized for our youth criminal offenders. Some options for sentencing youth include: sentencing circles, counseling for specific problems and reintegrating the offender back into the community through community service, a parole officer, curfew and ensuring they are following the specified guidelines and being monitored regularly. As well, for more serious crimes, youth justice can provide adult sentence from 14 years old. We offer so many different ways to rehabilitate these young offenders and it does a great job at bringing these offenders back into the community and finding suitable consequences. Youth court cases have become less frequent since this act, dropping by thousands, the amount of youth charged is considerably lower than not charged (used to be the opposite) and youth incarnation rates have dropped. This shows how effective our youth justice system is and no matter what you think of it, you have to agree it works and sets our young offenders up for a brighter
This act has brightened many youth’s futures and assisted them on really taking accountability for their actions as well as helping them not stray from the right path any longer. This act provides meaningful consequences that fit the crime, it sets you up for a brighter future and doesn’t label you a criminal your whole life if you learn from your youth mistakes and it helps to rehabilitate the community with the offender to repair and fix relationships and people affected by their crimes. The YCJA ensures every youth of our country has the opportunity for the potential to impact our country in a positive