disadvantages of the Young Offenders Act over the previous

Juvenile Delinquents Act. Also it should give a theoretical

understanding of the current Canadian Juvenile-Justice system,

the act and it's implications and the effects of the young

offenders needs and mental health on the outcome of the trials.

In the interest of society the young offenders act was

brought forth on april second 1984. This act was created to

ensure the rights and the needs of a young person. Alan W.

Leshied says "On one hand the justice and legal objectives of the

act are being effectively realized while on the other hand the

needs and treatment aspects of it leave much to be desired." The

research of the Young offenders act is still ongoing but Leshied

says that it is becoming clear that the cust

is not able to do so, the youth-court judge shall refer the young

were not able to obtain legal services. "Subsection 11 (4)

If a youth is close to the adult age of 18 years they could

not as a criminal, but as a misguided and misdirected child . . .

Some topics in this essay:
Alan Leshied, Canadian Juvenile-Justice, Offenders Act, , Delinquents Act, offenders act, mental health, instructions his/her client, person able, instructions his/her, obtain counsel, juvenile delinquent, his/her client,