Applying a Health Development Lens to Canada's Youth Justice Minimum Age Law.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We applied a Life Course Health Development (LCHD) framework to examine experts' views on Canada's youth justice minimum age law of 12, which excludes children aged 11 and under from the youth justice system.

Methods

We interviewed 21 experts across Canada to understand their views on Canada's youth justice minimum age of 12. The 7 principles of the LCHD model (health development, unfolding, complexity, timing, plasticity, thriving, harmony) were used as a guiding framework for qualitative data analysis to understand the extent to which Canada's approach aligns with developmental science.

Results

Although the LCHD framework was not directly discussed in the interviews, the 7 LCHD framework concepts emerged in the analyses and correlated with 7 justice princ

SUBMITTER: Barnert ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9847413 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature