Exam 15: Keeping Youth Out of Jail: Quebecs Experience

According to the authors of Chapter 15, the methods of intervention used with young offenders in Quebec and the place the non-judicial measures occupy are the result of ________.

The alternative measures program that existed in Quebec was discontinued when the Youth Criminal Justice Act was implemented in 2003.

Recent follow-up studies carried out in Quebec on intensive probation with treatment for young offenders presenting moderate to high risks of recidivism have shown that ________.

Young offenders placed in secure custody in youth centres in Quebec ________.

No matter where a young offender lives in Quebec, he or she will receive roughly the same service with the same rehabilitation perspective.

_______ is not offered in the youth centres in Quebec that offer programming and clinical activities.

All custody measures in Quebec consist of a rehabilitation program.

What was the pivotal event in the 1970s that led to the transformation of secure-custody intervention in Quebec? What were the major changes introduced in youth offender rehabilitation centres in Quebec after this event?

Since 2002, it appears that the use of extrajudicial sanctions administered by youth centre professionals in Quebec has declined considerably. Why might this be a cause for concern?

The Youth Protection Act (YPA) adopted in Quebec in 1977 affirmed the notion of the precedence of social intervention over court intervention as a method of dealing with young offenders.

How are youth who have been assessed by Quebec youth centre professionals as becoming involved in "distinctive" delinquency dealt with differently than youth viewed to be engaging in "common" delinquency?

According to the text, between 2003 and 2014, approximately ________ per cent of young offenders with extrajudicial sanctions have successfully completed the measures imposed.

What was the important precedent introduced with the adoption of the Youth Protection Act (YPA) in Quebec in 1977?

What are the key factors that must be taken into account in Quebec by provincial directors responsible for administering extrajudicial programs? Why are these factors taken into account?

Which of the following is an example of how le Centre Berthelet in Montreal changed after the riot of 1975?

The psychiatric penitentiary hospital that opened in Quebec in 1970 was called ________.

The Quebec legislation on Health and Social Services mandates participation in developing an intervention plan for anyone who receives services from any Health and Social Services organization including young offenders subject to the YCJA. How are intervention plans for young offenders arranged and what can they require the youth and his or her family to do?

In Quebec, it was agreed that the Young Offenders Act was excellent and the foundations of its principles should be maintained.

In Quebec, the rehabilitation centres responsible for youth protection are the same as detention centres designated for young offenders with custodial sentences.

The Boscoville program introduced in Quebec in the 1950s was ________.