AUGUST 24, 2015

General 

Crimes and offences
Legal Services Society 
Online and hard copy publications 
http://www.lss.bc.ca/publications/subject.php?sub=9  

Explore the Youth Criminal Justice Act
Justice Education Society
Website 
http://www.ycja.ca/youth

I am under 18and in trouble with the law
Clicklaw (Courthouse Libraries BC) 
Online
http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/question/commonquestion/1037

Legal Rights 4 U
Justice Education Society 
Online videos (teaching units) 
http://www.lawlessons.ca/teaching-units/youth-and-the-law 

Legal Rights for Youth: Crime
Justice Education Society
Website 
http://www.legalrightsforyouth.ca/crime

Overview of how the Criminal Justice System works for Youth in BC
Justice BC (Government of BC, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Children and Family Development)
Online
http://www.justicebc.ca/en/cjis/youth/bc/index.html

Testifying in Court: Choices for youth in BC
Justice Education Society 
Online videos 
http://www.courtchoices.ca/

Young People and Criminal law
Dial a Law (Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch)
Online script and phone 
http://www.cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Dial-A-Law/Scripts/Youth-and-the-Law/225

Youth and Criminal Justice: Your Rights
Justice BC (Government of BC, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Children and Family Development)
Online
http://www.justicebc.ca/en/cjis/you/offender/convicted/your_rights.html 

Youth Justice
Law Students’ Legal Advice Program (University of British Columbia)
Online 
http://www.lslap.bc.ca/uploads/2/9/3/5/29358111/__02_youthjustice_13_done.pdf

 

Youth Record 

Consequences of a youth record
People’s Law School 
Online and hard copy publications 
(French)
http://www.publiclegaled.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/English-Consequences-of-a-Youth-Record-Fact-Sheet-v4.pdf

Criminal Justice System:  Youth Records 
Justice BC (Government of BC, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Children and Family Development)
Online
http://www.justicebc.ca/en/cjis/youth/records/index.html

Doesn’t a youth record go away after a few years?
Clicklaw (Courthouse Libraries BC) 
Online
http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/question/commonquestion/1038 

Information about Youth Records
Canadian Department of Justice 
Online 
(French)
www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/yj-jj/tools-outils/sheets-feuillets/recor-dossi.html

Travelling with a Youth Record 
People’s Law School 
Online videos
http://www.publiclegaled.bc.ca/travelling-with-a-criminal-youth-record/

Youth Criminal Record: Getting a Job 
People’s Law School 
Video 
http://www.publiclegaled.bc.ca/youth-criminal-record-getting-a-job/