Understanding Risk in the Context of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
In: Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Jg. 49 (2007-10-01), Heft 4, S. 465-491
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Increasingly, risk assessments are being adopted throughout the criminal justice system in Canada, and they are playing a significant role in the preparation of pre-sentence reports. Over the past five years, nine of Canada's jurisdictions have adopted the use of risk assessments for the preparation of youth pre-sentencing reports (PSR). While ample theoretical knowledge about risk exists, there are noticeably fewer empirical studies of how risk frameworks (re)shape and (re)organize local institutional decision-making practices or of what the socio-political effects of these processes are. Drawing on interviews, case law review, and analyses of risk-assessment documents, this article considers the implications of using risk assessments in the preparation of youth pre-sentencing reports (PSRs). In particular, attention is paid to the tensions between emerging risk practices and the emphasis on proportional sentencing under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Understanding Risk in the Context of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Maurutto, Paula ; Hannah-Moffat, Kelly |
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Zeitschrift: | Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Jg. 49 (2007-10-01), Heft 4, S. 465-491 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2007 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1707-7753 (print) |
DOI: | 10.3138/cjccj.49.4.465 |
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