In max two pages submit a final report to the Justice of the Peace (JP)/Judge, indicating your decision and plan of service you devised for Martin A. Your report should be addressed to the JP/Judge. Your report should include the following criteria:

Your program and background and why you were asked to analyse this case (you are Irene at YCAPP)

Martin A.'s background and factors the Court should take into consideration when deciding to release the youth

Martin A.'s family background and its relevance to your decision and plan of service

Where Martin A. will reside and with whom

Martin A.'s plan of service (include the community and social services you will be using and why and when they will be available for Martin)

1 info that would be helpful for the Court to make its decision

Your report should address the needs of the youth, the family, the Court and the community while upholding the principles of the (youth) criminal justice system. How your service plan addresses and satisfies these needs should be included in your report.

Your report should be typed, double spaced, 12" Times New Roman/Arial font and written in report style (address the JP/Judge, subheadings, concluding paragraph and formal language). It should include APA formatting, including citations and referencing. Your analysis should also be relevant to the course and include course content. You will be graded in three areas: analysis, conceptualization and presentation.

All the information about Martin A and Case is in the following :

Regent Park & YCAPP

In the afternoon of August 17, 2005 at approximately 12:00pm, Irene Marynowicz, Supervisor of the Youth Court Action Planning Program (YCAPP), sat in her office looking over her file for Martin A., contemplating whether he was an appropriate client for YCAPP. Irene had to decide whether or not YCAPP could work with Martin and if so, what would be his plan of service. She had until Court reconvened at 2:00pm to make her decision.

Philosophies of Agencies Involved Youth Criminal Justice Act & the Canadian Criminal Justice System

One of the basic philosophies of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) is to respond to the challenges and needs young people faced by providing guidance, support and addressing the underlying causes that contributed to youth crime. This was done by bringing together various stakeholders, including criminal justice system (CJS) personnel, community agencies, youth and their families. One of the main components of the YCJA is to ensure incarceration was reserved for people who had committed more serious crimes, and not just any or all crimes. The promotion of rehabilitation and reintegration was stressed through engaging programs and services in the community that not only become meaningful and relevant for youth, but also ensured community safety. The YCJA also recognizes that one of the basic principles of Canadian criminal law was that any person alleged to have committed a criminal offence was considered innocent until proven guilty. Therefore, an accused person is held for pre-trial detention (in custody) when there is reasonable grounds to believe the youth would not appear for his/her court dates or the youth would commit another criminal offence while in the community.

311 Jarvis Criminal Court

At 311 Jarvis Youth Court, all levels of personnel operated under the philosophy that it takes a village to raise a child. Although it is an adversarial court system, whereby an alleged offender was prosecuted for committing a criminal offence, there was a determined approach to help the young accused by providing him/her with resources and support in order to promote an anticriminal lifestyle. Judges, as well as both Crown and Defence Attorneys, work in close relation with service providers at 311 Jarvis Court to ensure that a youth who had turned to crime would be provided with support, resources and alternatives to prevent further criminal behaviour.

Community & Social Services

At 311 Jarvis Court, service providers work within the parameters of the YCJA to ensure rehabilitation and community reintegration, while upholding the principles of accountability and proportionality. While working with the young person, service providers also ensure that the safety and well-being of the community is upheld while the young person is reintegrated back into the community through effective and needs based programming.

Youth Court Action Planning Program (YCAPP)

YCAPP is a program delivered by Operation Springboard for youth who are criminally involved and facing criminal charges. It was delivered in three youth criminal courts across Southern Ontario: 311 Jarvis Court, Metro West (2201 Finch) Court and Newmarket Court. It is a voluntary pre-trial program for youth who were considered to be at risk for reoffending, denied bail, or for youth who had very little contact with the criminal justice system and may not have qualified for extrajudicial measures or sanctions. Staff have formal education in areas of social service, social work, criminal justice and/or psychology and use their skills to conduct a risk-needs assessment for positive, goal-oriented and rehabilitative programming. YCAPP works with all parties affiliated with the young person: defense counsel, families, schools, employers (where necessary) and/or community stakeholders/agencies to build personalized plans of service. The plan could be diverse and could include counselling, community service, individual programming, education and/or employment and/or written projects. Upon successful completion of the program, the youth is provided with a formal completion letter to help withdraw the charge(s), to reduce the sentence or in the consideration of programming postsentencing. In providing programming to the youth, YCAPP is an essential component of a youth's processing in the CJS, and for many, provided support and resources even after the youths' criminal charges had been addressed.

Irene Marynowicz

Irene was the Supervisor and front-line Counsellor with YCAPP. She had been working with YCAPP for approximately eleven years. Her role was to manage and supervise the staff and program and ensure it operated effectively and efficiently in accordance with its mandate, with the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and Operation Springboard, the agency that delivered the program. Irene had a Bachelor of Social Work and extensive knowledge and experience working with at-risk youth and vulnerable and marginalized populations. She worked in youth justice for eleven years and in children's mental health for three years. She served as an Executive Director for Big Brothers/Big Sisters for three years and was a Trustee of the Wellington County Board of Education for four years. She also worked as a front-line counsellor for the Children's Aid Society for over fifteen years.

Irene's extensive experience assessing risk and effectively programming youth gave her the reputation as the resident expert on at-risk youth. Senior personnel at 311 Jarvis Court frequently asked for her expertise when working with young offenders and victims of crime.

The Incident

Martin A. was a 14-year-old African-Canadian male who resided in Regent Park, an area defined as a priority neighborhood in the City of Toronto. It had historically been considered an under resourced and isolated community, heavily ridden with crime and poverty.

Martin lived with his two parents, older sister and younger brother. His family was from a middleincome socioeconomic background, whereby both his parents were highly educated and worked in fulltime professions. His older sister attended university. He had no prior contact with the police, nor had he been in conflict with the law.

On the day of the incident, Martin was outside in the neighborhood with his friends. His father and their neighbour got into a heated argument and the Toronto Police were called to the scene. Martin thought the police officer was siding with the neighbour, as opposed to his father, so he and his friends began heckling the police officer. The officer warned Martin and his friends about making comments as he proceeded to address the argument between the neighbours. Martin and his friends, however, continued heckling and making comments to the officer. As a result, the officer charged Martin only, with Mischief Under $5000.00. He was arrested and held in custody overnight.

Martin was brought to 311 Jarvis Criminal Court for a Bail Hearing the next morning. The Duty Counsel referred him to YCAPP to provide a personalized plan of service that would meet the needs and goals of Martin, his family and the community.

Irene's Decision

Irene met with Martin at 9:00 am in the morning of August 17, 2005 in the interviewing room, in the holding cell area in the basement of 311 Jarvis Court. He was referred to YCAPP by the Duty Counsel for a Pre-Release/Bail Plan, whereby Martin would be released from custody to be in the community while on Bail. She explained YCAPP to Martin and informed him it was a voluntary program - that it was his choice to work with her and her staff. Upon consent, Irene proceeded to complete a formal risk-needs assessment to target areas that could be risk factors contributing to criminal behaviour, while focusing on the needs and goals of the youth. Martin's assessment placed him in the low-risk category, which meant that he was at a low-risk to reoffend. His needs consisted of him attending school and receiving help with it, as well as having a safe place to go to for recreational activities. He enjoyed hanging out with his friends and hoped to continue that. As he was just entering high school, he had no specific career goals, other than completing high school. His main goal was to work with YCAPP to receive all the resources and support he could in order to address the charge before Court. She canvassed with Martin programming options. The entire interview and assessment process took about one hour to an hour and a half. Upon completion of the interview, she returned to her office and contemplated her discussion with Martin, while she reviewed the risk-needs assessment and the potential plan of service. She also met with the family to learn more about Martin and the circumstances that brought him to Court. Martin's father disclosed in comparison to his sister and brother, Martin was a rebellious youth at home and did not always comply with the house rules. He associated with his friends a great deal in the neighbourhood as opposed to focusing on his studies. Martin's father also stated there were many times he and Martin had disagreements, but Martin had never before been in trouble with the law nor had he had prior police contact. He had completed grade 8 and would be entering high school the next month. His father also stated Martin did not have any serious problems at school either. He agreed to be Martin's surety and to also work with YCAPP to provide any support they could to Martin. Irene also spoke to potential service providers that were to be part of Martin's plan of service. The decision Irene had to wrestle with was whether YCAPP could work with Martin and if so, what his plan of service should consist of. She had to submit her decision to Court by 2:00pm.

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