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The Youth Criminal Justice Act deals with criminal actions committed by youths aged 12 to 17, inclusive. |
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| When was the YCJA passed? |
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| in the year 2002, replacing the Young Offender’s Act. |
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| What are some main points of the YCJA? |
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-youths charged with crimes must be informed of their Charter rights
-the parents of a youth charged with a crime be notified as soon as possible.
--Youths thought to be at risk of reoffending, may be placed in foster homes while awaiting trial.
-Young offenders aged 14 to 17 who are charged with violent crimes may have their cases tried in adult court.
-Extra judicial-sanctions programs allow young offenders accused of non-violent crimes to do something to make up for them rather than go through a trial.
-it’s forbidden to publish the identities of youths charged with crimes.
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the age at which a person can undertake legal obligations (in Alberta, 18).
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| the deliberate application of force to someone ; as a tort, the threat of applying force to another. |
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money held to guarantee that an accused will appear at a later hearing. |
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| to enter, without permission, by breaking or opening anything closed. |
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| written laws passed by municipal governments. |
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| the legal ability to enter into a valid contract. |
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the branch of law that governs the relations between individuals.
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rights guaranteed to citizens of a country
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| the body of law that gradually developed in courts based on judges’ decisions. |
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a document stating the fundamental rules according to which a country is governed and other laws are made. |
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| civil law dealing with situations in which two or more parties make a contract with each other |
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the highest-level court in Alberta - appeal court only |
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the practice of treating some people differently from others because of prejudice toward a group to which they belong. |
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| extra judicial sanctions program |
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programs whereby non-violent, first-time young offenders can admit to having committed a crime and then do something to compensate for it, rather than go to court. |
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a specialized court dealing with cases concerning the federal government |
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| the intentional deception of someone so that the person sustains a loss. |
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a court order requiring a person to stay at home during a set period of time.
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rights that protect people from discrimination from others in certain areas of life.
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a serious criminal offence involving more complex trial procedures. |
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| The process through which statutes are enacted by a legislative body that is established and empowered to do so. |
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| latin term meaning "guilty mind". This is the intent to commit a crime. |
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damage to another person’s property or interference with another person’s use of his or her property. |
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| : if you injure someone because of your careless behaviour - there is no intent to harm. |
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| a criminal sentence that involves comparatively light supervision and some access to the community. |
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the party bringing a legal action against another party in civil court. |
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| a previous court decision that lower courts must follow when making decisions in similar cases. |
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| the second level of courts in Alberta. |
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| the branch of law that sets out certain acts as crimes and punishes those acts |
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| money awarded by a court, to a plaintiff, in a civil suit to compensate for a wrong suffered. |
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| the party against whom a legal action is brought in civil court or the party charged in a criminal case. |
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a criminal sentence that gives an offender some degree of freedom (rather than a prison term) but that requires the person convicted to be supervised and to meet certain conditions for a stipulated period of time. |
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this court is at the bottom level of Alberta’s court system - called "a court of first instance", because it is here that cases are first heard. |
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| a power or privelage granted by law |
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theft accompanied by force or threats. |
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| a specific law or act passed by a governing body like Alberta’s Legislative Assembly or the Parliament of Canada. |
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| the highest court in Canada. |
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| law that deals with a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract. |
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