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Youth and the law : understanding Canadian law / Daniel J. Baum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baum, Daniel J., author.
- Series:
- Understanding Canadian law ; number 1.
- Understanding Canadian law ; number 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Runaway children--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Runaway children.
- Homeless children--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Homeless children.
- Children--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Dundurn, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What's the law? What does it mean? If the law is broken, especially criminal law, there may be a penalty. But who makes the law? How can the government draw lines in imposing individual responsibility? This book examines these questions in the context of dealing with youth, with case studies and analysis.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Physical punishment of youth
- a crime?
- Violent young offenders : setting and applying standards
- Bullying : degrees of harm
- Police sniffer dogs : schools and public places
- Youth : police and the right to be warned
- Appendix. Youth Criminal Justice Act : section 146
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 9, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 1-4597-1956-5
- OCLC:
- 870652457
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