Youth Criminal Justice Policy in Canada: A Critical Introduction

by Shahid Alvi

In the past ten years, much has changed in terms of youth justice policies in Canada as well as in the way Canadian society has evolved.

Canada has a new Act governing youth crime, and there are indications that the Act will be revised again to make it "tougher" on youth in conflict with the law, a development reflecting what many scholars are calling the "punitive turn" in youth justice policies in Canada and elsewhere. At the same time,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441902724
• ISBN13: 9781441902726
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"