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Juvenile justice in Belgium and Canada at the beginning of the century: two models or one?

Juvenile justice in Belgium and Canada at the beginning of the century: two models or one? Juvenile justice in Belgium and Canada at the beginning of the century: two models or one?* JEAN TRÉPANIER École de criminologie and Centre international de criminologie comparée, Université de Montréal, Canada and FRANÇOISE TULKENS Dipartement de criminologie et droit pénal, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Introduction For a long time supported by a large consensus, the legislation concerning the protection of minors has since come under criticism, even the every basis on which it was founded. Although it was in the name of children's rights that twenty-five years ago the Supreme Court of the United States initiated a process that changed juvenile justice in North America and Europe,' there has also been criticism of the extension of social control brought to light by developments in the criminology of social control.2 Today, these policies and practices are in turn being questioned, particularly the ability of juvenile justice to adequately deal with the problems of adolescent delinquency, especially in the matter of violent crime. A new approach is being voiced, maintaining that the true vocation of the penal law is to condemn serious criminal behaviour and see that its perpetrators get their just desert. The therapeutic model is assailed by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Children's Rights Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1993 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0927-5568
eISSN
1571-8182
DOI
10.1163/157181893X00052
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Abstract

Juvenile justice in Belgium and Canada at the beginning of the century: two models or one?* JEAN TRÉPANIER École de criminologie and Centre international de criminologie comparée, Université de Montréal, Canada and FRANÇOISE TULKENS Dipartement de criminologie et droit pénal, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Introduction For a long time supported by a large consensus, the legislation concerning the protection of minors has since come under criticism, even the every basis on which it was founded. Although it was in the name of children's rights that twenty-five years ago the Supreme Court of the United States initiated a process that changed juvenile justice in North America and Europe,' there has also been criticism of the extension of social control brought to light by developments in the criminology of social control.2 Today, these policies and practices are in turn being questioned, particularly the ability of juvenile justice to adequately deal with the problems of adolescent delinquency, especially in the matter of violent crime. A new approach is being voiced, maintaining that the true vocation of the penal law is to condemn serious criminal behaviour and see that its perpetrators get their just desert. The therapeutic model is assailed by

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The International Journal of Children's RightsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1993

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