History for ready reference, Volume 7 : $b Recent history (1901 to 1910)Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson)
History
History for ready reference, Volume 7 : $b Recent history (1901 to 1910)
Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson)
History -- Dictionaries
This part of the Act makes elaborate arrangements for the
treatment of youthful criminals, both before and after trial.
Special "places of detention" are to be opened in all petty
sessional divisions. Here children will be placed on arrest
(if for some special reason they cannot be released on a
recognizance), or after being remanded or committed for trial.
Here they may be kept in custody instead of being lodged in
gaol if they are sentenced to terms of imprisonment of less
than one month. Persons under 16 years of age must also be
tried in special "juvenile Courts," unless they are charged
jointly with adult offenders. A "juvenile Court" must sit
"either in a different building or room from that in which the
ordinary sittings of the Court are held, or on different days
or at different times from those at which the ordinary
sittings are held." Only the Court officials, those directly
interested in the case, and the representatives of the Press
may be admitted to these Courts, unless the special leave of
the magistrate is obtained. Every effort is to be made, both
before and after trial, to prevent the association of children
with adult criminals. Finally, parents and guardians are to be
required to attend the hearing of charges against their
children or wards, and may be ordered to pay any fines,
damages, or costs imposed.
The miscellaneous provisions of the Act include a number of
importance, to prevent the giving of intoxicating liquors to
children, to exclude them from drinking places, to safeguard
them at entertainments, and to make the Act applicable to
Scotland and Ireland.
CHILDREN, UNDER THE LAW: As Offenders:
Canadian provision for Separate Detention,
Reformatory Imprisonment, etc.
The Canadian Prisons and Reformatory Act of 1906 provides
that—"Young persons apparently under the age of sixteen years
who are,
(a) arrested upon any warrant; or,
(b) committed to custody at any stage of a preliminary inquiry
into a charge for an indictable offence; or,
(c) committed to custody at any stage of a trial, either for
an indictable offence or for an offence punishable on summary
conviction; or,
(d) committed to custody after such trial, but before
imprisonment under sentence;
shall be kept in custody separate from older persons charged
with criminal offences and separate from all persons
undergoing sentences of imprisonment, and shall not be
confined in the lock-ups or police stations with older persons
charged with criminal offences or with ordinary criminals."
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