Responding to Youth Crime in Canada - Hardcover
In Responding to Youth Crime in Canada, Anthony Doob and Carla Cesaroni describe how Canada has been responding to youth crime in the context of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, which came into force on April 1, 2003. The authors describe what is known about Canadian youth crime, and the operation of the youth justice system in the context of the changes in the law that are taking place.
The authors posit that the youth justice system has a relatively modest impact on youth crime. In order to respond intelligently to it and to evaluate the response of the state, two sets of information must be understood. First, society must try to understand what 'youth crime' looks like in Canada. Second, in order to understand - and evaluate - the changes that are being made in youth justice legislation in Canada, a clear understanding of the manner in which the youth justice system currently operates is necessary. Unlike those who look to the youth justice system to solve the problem of youth crime, the authors suggest that we should look to the youth justice system to respond appropriately to the realities of what constitutes youth crime and look elsewhere to address how one might affect the level of youth crime in our society.
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About the Author:
'Anthony Doob is one of Canada's leading criminologists, and undoubtedly one of two or three leading experts in the field of juvenile crime and youth justice. The scholarship of Professor Doob and Carla Cesaroni in Responding to Youth Crime in Canada is very sound, and their analysis thoughtful. This is a first rate piece of work that makes a unique and important contribution to a topic that profoundly affects Canadian society and has been the subject of great public controversy.'
'Doob and Cesaroni's magnificent book on youth crime and youth justice is unrivalled in Canada and unparalleled elsewhere. By examining in one book three subjects usually addressed separately - causes and prevention of youthful offending, patterns and trends, and state responses - they have written a book of remarkable authority and breadth. Canada's policy-makers seeking answers, and Canada's citizens seeking understanding finally have a place to go. Incisive, imaginative, immensely well-informed. This book is a tour de force.'
'I enjoyed Responding to Youth Crime in Canada enormously, for its competence and thoroughness, of course, but also for its political message.'
Carla Cesaroni is a doctoral candidate in the Centre of Crimology at the University of Toronto. Anthony Doob is a professor in the Centre of Criminology at the University of Toronto.
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- PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0802088562
- ISBN 13 9780802088567
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages290
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