Youth Criminal Justice Act
Throughout the course of Youth and Conflict with the law I have been able to grasp a better
understanding on how different approaches have and are established for young offenders through
what has either caused a youth induvial to offend or factors that played a role for youth to offend.
For instance, one key aspect I have learned is the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) which,
corresponds to relations between youth and the law. The topic of the Youth Criminal Justice Act
is critical in today’s society as it is still used for young offenders between the ages of 12 and 17
years old (Smandych & Winterdyk, 2016, p.64). Moreover, the Youth Criminal Justice Act was
established to create its own set of rules and principles in order …show more content…
The film includes a group of young boys who commit various offences. As a result, I will
express my reasoning to what should be considered when sentencing the group of four boys. For
instance, I will be looking at the offences, criminogenic behaviour, and a solution to holding the
offences accountable in a proper way.
Firstly, the filmed shown called “Sleepers” (Golin & Levinson, 1996). Deals with a group of
four friends named John Reilly, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Michael Sullivan, and Tommy Marcano
who are all between the ages of 12 to 14 years old (Golin & Levinson, 1996). The group of boys
were brought up in a not so nice neighborhood called Hell’s kitchen in Manhattan which,
reflected on their behaviour. Although, in regard to living in a neighborhood where they were
brought up with the acknowledgement and stories of domestic violence and drugs they did have
someone to look up to as a role model. For example, all four boys looked up to Father Bobby who made sure to keep all four boys in check in order to see them to succeed in life. Moreover,
the main point of film that deals with the outline of my essay is the occurrence during
understanding on how different approaches have and are established for young offenders through
what has either caused a youth induvial to offend or factors that played a role for youth to offend.
For instance, one key aspect I have learned is the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) which,
corresponds to relations between youth and the law. The topic of the Youth Criminal Justice Act
is critical in today’s society as it is still used for young offenders between the ages of 12 and 17
years old (Smandych & Winterdyk, 2016, p.64). Moreover, the Youth Criminal Justice Act was
established to create its own set of rules and principles in order …show more content…
The film includes a group of young boys who commit various offences. As a result, I will
express my reasoning to what should be considered when sentencing the group of four boys. For
instance, I will be looking at the offences, criminogenic behaviour, and a solution to holding the
offences accountable in a proper way.
Firstly, the filmed shown called “Sleepers” (Golin & Levinson, 1996). Deals with a group of
four friends named John Reilly, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Michael Sullivan, and Tommy Marcano
who are all between the ages of 12 to 14 years old (Golin & Levinson, 1996). The group of boys
were brought up in a not so nice neighborhood called Hell’s kitchen in Manhattan which,
reflected on their behaviour. Although, in regard to living in a neighborhood where they were
brought up with the acknowledgement and stories of domestic violence and drugs they did have
someone to look up to as a role model. For example, all four boys looked up to Father Bobby who made sure to keep all four boys in check in order to see them to succeed in life. Moreover,
the main point of film that deals with the outline of my essay is the occurrence during