Youth Understanding & Assertion of Legal Rights
Examining the Roles of Age and Power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12191920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Goodwin-De Faria (Ryerson University; and M.A., Brock University, corresponding author), Voula Marinos (Brock University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 343-364 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Children s Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0927-5568 • E-ISSN: 1571-8182 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157181812x652607 |
| OpenAlex | W2072533220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
Young people are entitled to the same legal rights as adults. However past research has questioned the extent to which youth effectively understand their rights and perceive that they can assert them when necessary because of their development and power differences vis-à-vis adult criminal justice professionals. Young people’s understanding of their due process rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child were examined. Participants were fifty adolescents ranging in age from 13-17 who received a diversionary response by the Crown prosecutor or were sentenced by the court to probation in a courthouse in Toronto, Ontario. Results of semi-structured interviews conducted with youth indicated that while age plays some role, the lack of power experienced by youth vis-à-vis criminal justice professionals has the most bearing on the inability of youth to exercise their rights. Implications of the study are discussed
Assertion · Charter · Convention on the Rights of the Child · Criminology · Economic Justice · Human rights · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Children's Rights and Participation · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |