Supporting Positive Outcomes for Youth Involved with the Law

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorKwok, Siu Ming
dc.contributor.authorHouwer, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorHeavyShield, Heidi
dc.contributor.authorWeatherstone, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorTam, Dora
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-13T21:14:17Z
dc.date.available2019-02-13T21:14:17Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.description.abstractThis report reviews literature that helps us understand how to better support positive outcomes for youth involved with the law. The report is meant to serve as a resource and guide for evidence-based practice for programs that work with youth. The report explores the impact of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), the legal statute that governs youth justice programs and systems in Canada. The YCJA's emphasis on using extrajudicial measures to divert first time or less serious and non-violent offenders away from the criminal justice system has successfully shifted the focus of the youth justice system from being more punitive to being more rehabilitative. Nonetheless, the YCJA is only regarded as a “qualified success” because the incarceration rate of Indigenous youth has not decreased, and there have been unintended adverse impacts on youth from racialized groups. This report explores the outcomes of this legislation, reviews “what works” from the literature, and provides recommendations and evidence-based guidelines and principles for practitioners and program developers to support positive outcomes for youth involved with the law.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKwok, S.M., Houwer, R., HeavyShield, H., Weatherstone, R., & Tam, D. (2017). Supporting Positive Outcomes for Youth Involved with the Law. Toronto, ON: Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX).en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781550146523
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15868/socialsector.33743en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35722
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMoving the Dial on Youth Wellbeing;
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.publisherhttps://exchange.youthrex.com/report/supporting-positive-outcomes-youth-involved-lawen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectyouth in conflict with the lawen_US
dc.subjectYouth Criminal Justice Acten_US
dc.subjectextrajudicial measuresen_US
dc.subjectracialized youthen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous youthen_US
dc.subjectyouth justiceen_US
dc.titleSupporting Positive Outcomes for Youth Involved with the Lawen_US
dc.typeReporten_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
YouthREX - RtP - Supporting Positive Outcomes for Youth Involved with the Law.pdf
Size:
732.57 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Report
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.83 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Youth Research & Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX)

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.