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Time To “Modernize” Canada’s “Young Offenders Act”

  “ Believe it or not, but I was once, maybe twice, a gangster.” Those who know me, or those who have read the five volumes of my autobiography, know well that for the majority of my life I was a gangster. That said, you would be correct in thinking that I am an authority on the topic of crime and, unfortunately, punishment. Society has changed. Modern society and the onset of social media’s ability to influence our youth in both ‘good’ and ‘bad’  ways has also matured the common crook. Maturity is a learned process. Knowledge is absorbed through life and the experiences that coincide with it. Logically we must now consider at what age do our youth transverse from childhood to young adults. By looking at the average age   of serious crimes young offenders   are now committing, we can easily see that they are not stealing liquor from their parents or swiping candy from the neighborhood corner stores. They are stealing high end automobiles, committing violent home inva...