Youth Criminal Justice Act Manual offers a condensed, annotated, critical analysis of major youth topics in the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA). The work contains find flow charts, overviews, and a sequential learning system that helps you quickly understand the law and develop practical, detailed positions efficiently and convincingly.

The user will benefit from

• A review of the specialized features of youth justice such as conferencing, extrajudicial measures and sanctions, referral to youth protection agencies, and restrictions on detention at a bail hearing
• An analysis of adult sentence provisions
• A detailed review of custody and supervision
• A consideration of the 19 sentence options
• A thorough explanation of the four custody restrictions under s. 39(1)
• Discussion of the purposes of sentencing and s. 38 factors and more

Access precedent-setting authorities including three recent groundbreaking Supreme Court decisions on, "violent offence", "deterrence", and "the reverse onus for presumptive offences." Available electronically on CriminalSource™.