Youth Criminal Justice Assignment
Choice A:
Choose a case from the Provincial Court database at http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/judgmentdatabase/index.html. Read through the case and identify the facts of the case, the issue or issues, and the sentence. Present your findings to the class. Improvise a class discussion in which you suggest where things went wrong and where an earlier intervention could have occurred to prevent the present outcome.
Choice B: Create a fictitious story in which a young person gets in trouble with the law. Decide on the severity of the case and present the case to the class. Run a class discussion in which you explore what provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act apply to your case.
Choose a case from the Provincial Court database at http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/judgmentdatabase/index.html. Read through the case and identify the facts of the case, the issue or issues, and the sentence. Present your findings to the class. Improvise a class discussion in which you suggest where things went wrong and where an earlier intervention could have occurred to prevent the present outcome.
Choice B: Create a fictitious story in which a young person gets in trouble with the law. Decide on the severity of the case and present the case to the class. Run a class discussion in which you explore what provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act apply to your case.