Opinion of DAvid YAng
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I feel the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) is not tough enough on young offenders in Canada. This is because it makes young offenders under the age 14 feel that they have a free pass once they break the law. This act also favours towards the youth offenders too much. Not only does the youth offender not get a reasonable punishment but they’re criminal record also get cleared after they turn 18. By favouring towards the offenders, the offenders feel they can break as much laws as much as they want because you will not get severely punished. For example a youth may feel that it’s not okay to break the law time after time. I am sure there are many youth offenders in Canada who shoplifts because they can take advantage of the YCJA act and not receive a memorable punishment. For example in 1986 Canada had fewer than 3000 cases of youth crime. But after the act was put into action Canada’s youth criminal rate in 2006 was over 4200 cases. This shows that punishment for youth offenders should be stricter so they think twice before breaking the law.
By releasing these criminals into the society assuming they have changed is dangerous to the community. They may continue to break the law and bring harm to the people around them. By not releasing the criminal’s name, the community may not know that they are beside an aggressive criminal. The government is pretty much putting us at risk to see if the offender has been fixed. For example there is this 17 year old male student who has committed two sexual assaults in just 4 years. This shows that the rehabilitation the government is putting the offenders through is not enough to change the offenders. In addition only sending the offenders to a rehabilitation camp, the victims will feel that the offender’s punishment is not bringing them justice. The punishments of the YCJA should be harsher for serious crimes, and multiple offences, by doing this it will bring the victims justice and warn the youth offenders that bad behaviour will not be accepted.
My sources: http://www.thecord.ca/punishments-for-youth-crime-arent-serious-enough-in-canada/
Social 9 textbook
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/crime-justice/general-3/juvenile-delinquents-become-young-offenders.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/crime/ycja.html
-David Yang
To submit your opinion of the YCJA go to D2L and enter the discussions in Social 9 issues of Canadians, or comment below:
I feel the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) is not tough enough on young offenders in Canada. This is because it makes young offenders under the age 14 feel that they have a free pass once they break the law. This act also favours towards the youth offenders too much. Not only does the youth offender not get a reasonable punishment but they’re criminal record also get cleared after they turn 18. By favouring towards the offenders, the offenders feel they can break as much laws as much as they want because you will not get severely punished. For example a youth may feel that it’s not okay to break the law time after time. I am sure there are many youth offenders in Canada who shoplifts because they can take advantage of the YCJA act and not receive a memorable punishment. For example in 1986 Canada had fewer than 3000 cases of youth crime. But after the act was put into action Canada’s youth criminal rate in 2006 was over 4200 cases. This shows that punishment for youth offenders should be stricter so they think twice before breaking the law.
By releasing these criminals into the society assuming they have changed is dangerous to the community. They may continue to break the law and bring harm to the people around them. By not releasing the criminal’s name, the community may not know that they are beside an aggressive criminal. The government is pretty much putting us at risk to see if the offender has been fixed. For example there is this 17 year old male student who has committed two sexual assaults in just 4 years. This shows that the rehabilitation the government is putting the offenders through is not enough to change the offenders. In addition only sending the offenders to a rehabilitation camp, the victims will feel that the offender’s punishment is not bringing them justice. The punishments of the YCJA should be harsher for serious crimes, and multiple offences, by doing this it will bring the victims justice and warn the youth offenders that bad behaviour will not be accepted.
My sources: http://www.thecord.ca/punishments-for-youth-crime-arent-serious-enough-in-canada/
Social 9 textbook
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/crime-justice/general-3/juvenile-delinquents-become-young-offenders.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/crime/ycja.html
-David Yang
To submit your opinion of the YCJA go to D2L and enter the discussions in Social 9 issues of Canadians, or comment below: