The Administration of Youth Justice Through the Lens of Community-Based Service Providers: Risk Factors and Programming Challenges

Since the Youth Criminal Justice Act of 2003 in Canada, the juvenile justice system has prioritized diverting youth away from in-custody sentences (incarceration in jail, prison, or other facilities) and towards a community-based system of justice. Despite this shift, there is limited research direc...

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Main Author: Rowan, Zachary R. (Author)
Contributors: Greer, Alissa
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
Year: 2025, Volume: 66, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 1-23
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Keywords:
Criminological Theory
criminologie pendant la trajectoire de vie
Drug Policy
Drug use
délits collectifs
group offending
Harm Reduction
justice pour mineurs
life course criminology
maintien de l’ordre
méthodologie quantitative
Policing
politique sur les drogues
Qualitative Research
Quantitative methods
recherche qualitative
réduction des méfaits
théorie criminologique
utilisation de drogues
Youth Justice
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Summary:Since the Youth Criminal Justice Act of 2003 in Canada, the juvenile justice system has prioritized diverting youth away from in-custody sentences (incarceration in jail, prison, or other facilities) and towards a community-based system of justice. Despite this shift, there is limited research directly examining the experience of community-based service providers that were responsible for this shift in adjudicating youth. To understand the experience of working with youth involved in the system, we conducted semi-structured interviews with youth justice workers from one of the largest community-based organizations in a western Canadian province that offer alternatives to custody for at-risk youth. Findings provide a complex depiction of youth risk factors and illustrate the successes and challenges of administering youth justice in a community context.
ISSN:1911-0219
DOI:10.3138/cjccj-2024-0016