The Young Offenders Act

A Revolution in Canadian Juvenile Justice

edited by: Alan W. Leschied, Peter G. Jaffe, and Wayne Willis

University of Toronto Press (1991)

PART I: Theoretical Overview

1. Towards a More Socially Informed Understanding of Canadian Delinquency Legislation
Gordon West

2. A Theoretical Understanding of Current Canadian Juvenile-Justice Policy
Susan Reid-MacNevin

3. Good People, Dirty System: The Young Offenders Act and Organizational Failure
Jim Hackler

PART II: The Act and Its Implications

4. The Statute: Its Principles and Provisions and Their Interpretation by the Courts
Nicholas Bala and Mary-Anne Kirvan

5. Legal Representation Under the Young Offenders Act
John C. Pearson

6. A Comparison of Judicial Roles under the JDA and YOA
Judge Lucien Bealieu

7. The Death of the Parens Patriae Model
Ira M. Scwartz

8. Dispositions as Indicators of Conflicting Social Purposes Under the JDA and YOA
Alan W. Leschied and Peter G. Jaffe

PART III: Mental-Health Perspectives

9. Assessing the Needs of Young Offenders
George Awad

10. A Developmental Perspective on Antisocial Adolescents
P.G.R. Patterson

11. Assessment and Treatment of Mentally Disordered Young Offenders
Christopher D. Webster, Joy M. Rogers, Jeanette J. Cochrane and Stanley Stylianos

PART IV: Impact on Special Groups

12. Characteristics and Needs of Learning-Disabled Young Offenders
Carol M. Crealock

13. A Review of Female Delinquency
Marge Reitsma-Street

PART V: Overview and Future Directions

14. Regaining Equilibrium in the Canadian Juvenile-Justice System
Peter G. Jaffe, Alan W. Leschied, Wayne Willis

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