PROTECTION OF YOUTH AND BILL 65 (FROM JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN QUEBEC, 1975 - SEE NCJ-27248)

• NCJ Number: 27249
• Author(s): M LIPPE
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Presses de L'universite de Montreal
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French
• Country: Canada

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN PREPARING A NEW PROTECTION OF YOUTH BILL TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT WAS NOT ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF QUEBEC IN NOVEMBER 1972.

Abstract

POINTS WHICH SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE NEW BILL ARE THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE CHILD, THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARENTS, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD INTERVENE. AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS DISCUSSED ARE DETENTION OF JUVENILES, THE RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION, THE RIGHT TO APPEAL, ARRANGING FOR EXPERT TESTIMONY, AND POWERS OF THE COURT IN DETERMINING STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN A PARTICULAR CASE. --IN FRENCH