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What we can learn from 20 years of the Youth Criminal Justice Act
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023
The passage of the YCJA has resulted in a 95-per-cent decline in youth custodial sentences, while youth carceral facilities have closed across the country… This incredible transformation happened because the YCJA emphasizes restraint at all levels of the criminal justice system, from police intervention to charging, detaining and sentencing, and by using “extrajudicial measures” to divert young people away from the traditional court system.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology
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