Sentences with phrase «serious youth crimes»

The Act provides for the diversion of less serious youth crimes and first - time offenders away from the criminal court process.

Not exact matches

«The vast majority of crimes committed by youth are misdemeanors and notably, under this proposal, the most serious crimes would continue to be handled in the criminal court system and all youth would be held accountable for their actions,» said Jennifer March, executive director of the Citizens» Committee for Children of New York.

Further, youth sent to adult prisons are increasingly likely to commit more serious crimes when they reoffend.

Young said she agrees «that juveniles who commit serious crimes should be in separate secure facilities and not adult prisons, and that troubled youth should have counseling to get them on the straight and narrow.

When Senate Republicans balked at raising the age for teenagers accused of serious crimes to be sent to state prison from 16 to 18, Cuomo issued an executive order to remove 16 - and 17 - year - olds from the jails and place them in youth detention instead.

He represents individuals charged with crimes under the Criminal Code of Canada and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; he represents both adults and youths (individuals under 18); he assists individuals who are charged with both minor and serious crimes; and he aims to do so while offering affordable legal fees in order to ensure everyone has a fair chance at justice!

More secure youth detention centers were built as juvenile crime escalated into more serious offenses.

If the offense committed is serious, like murder or a sex crime where force was used, the youth can be sentenced to a secure youth detention center as punishment and for rehabilitation.

An inventory of life events was administered during the 1985 - 1986 maternal and offspring interviews to assess life events that the youths had experienced during the past 2 years: death of a loved one, failure to achieve an important goal, high risk of being fired or laid off from one's job, parental separation or divorce, the end of a romantic relationship or rejection by a romantic partner, serious injury or illness, serious fights with family members, serious financial problems, serious problems at school or work, trouble with the law, and having experienced a crime or an assault.

America's Children 1999 shows that youth are less likely to smoke, die and or be victimized by crime, but they have made fewer gains in areas that predict their economic futures... Among the report's most positive results is a 40 percent drop in serious violent crime involving juvenile offenders since 1993.»

In 1998, the serious violent crime offending rate for youth was 27 crimes per 1,000 adolescents ages 12 to17, totaling 616,000 such crimes involving juveniles — a drop by more than half from the 1993 high, and the lowest level since data were first collected in 1973.»