{"product_id":"9781442630123","title":"Implementing and Working with the Youth Criminal Justice Act across Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince its implementation in 2003, the Youth Criminal Justice Act has been the subject of intense political and scholarly debate. A complicated mixture of provisions intended to provide harsher punishments for serious violent crimes while encouraging positive, non-punitive interventions in less serious cases, its impact on the youth justice system remains controversial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImplementing and Working with the Youth Criminal Justice Act across Canada\u003c\/em\u003e provides the first comprehensive, province-by-province analysis of how each Canadian jurisdiction has implemented the Act in accordance with its own history, traditions, and institutional arrangements. Drawing on in-depth interviews with probation officers, counselors, educators, and social workers, the contributors use the experiences of practitioners to offer a new analytical perspective on a complicated and contentious aspect of the Canadian justice system. Their conclusions provide vital policy and program information for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers concerned with Canada’s youth justice systems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123774439664,"sku":"9781442630123","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442630123_p0.jpg?v=1763806524","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442630123","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}