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Supporting Positive Outcomes For Youth Involved With The Law

by Dora Tam; Heidi HeavyShield; Rebecca Houwer; Rebecca Weatherstone; Siu Ming Kwok

Mar 23, 2017
  • Children and Youth
  • Prison and Judicial Reform
  • Race and Ethnicity

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This 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.

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  • doi.org/gftt9d

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  • Youth Research & Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX)

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  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

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  • Literature/Research Review

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  • English

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  • North America / Canada (East Central) / Ontario
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Title: Supporting Positive Outcomes For Youth Involved With The Law
Publication date 2017-03-23
Publication Year 2017
Authors Dora Tam , Heidi HeavyShield , Rebecca Houwer , Rebecca Weatherstone , Siu Ming Kwok
Copyright holder(s) Youth Research & Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX)
Geographical Focus North America / Canada (East Central) / Ontario
Keywords YOUTH JUSTICE , extrajudicial , justice
Document type Literature/Research Review
Language English
URL: https://www.issuelab.org/resource/supporting-positive-outcomes-for-youth-involved-with-the-law.html
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