What does YOA stand for?

Young Offenders Act

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York (postcode, United Kingdom) Young Offender (Ontario) Young Ones (Naturistische Activiteiten Vereniging) Youthful Offender Yugoslavia Lockheed Q-Star single engine observation aircraft/sail plane Yield from Oxygen Yachiyo of America, Inc. (Columbus, OH) Year of Assessment (taxation) Years of Age		Youth for Africa Youth of America Youth Orchestra of the Americas (Arlington, VA) Yukon Orienteering Association (Canada) Yukon Outfitters Association (Canada) Yesterday Once Again Australia (Narellan, Australia) Youth Opportunities Advisory Board (Youth Opportunities Program, Boulder, Colorado) Yeovil Olympiads Athletic Club (est. 1969; UK) Yayasan Onkologi Anak Indonesia (Indonesian oncology foundation) Young Offender Assessment Panel (Hong Kong)

Samples in periodicals archive:

In January, a 16-year-old youth was found guilty of aggravated assault and several weapons offences in connection with the same incident but cannot be named under the Young Offenders Act.

Guilty plea in toddler drive-by shooting

So it was replaced by the Young Offenders Act which called for efforts to address the underlying causes of crime by young people and for multidisciplinary approaches to responding to children and youth at risk of committing offences.

Another viewpoint

A little old time hang 'em high justice will protect us from the little thieves, but the Young Offenders Act prevents us from doing anything to these little "Oliver Twists.

Children, even the naughty ones, need protection

Three others, one just 14 at the time, were convicted last year of manslaughter and robbery under the Young Offenders Act.

GUILTY PLEA IN BEATING DEATH

It was preceded by a number of major debates that called for a replacement of the former Young Offenders Act (YOA, 1984).

The YCJA: in theory and in practice

The act was passed through Parliament in February to replace the Young Offenders Act.

New youth justice act sends mixed message. (Youth)

Ted Byfield also reports that the Convention is being used to argue against any further toughening of the Young Offenders Act.

U.N.'s "rights of the child": undermining parental authority

The complaints about the Young Offenders Act reached the ears of Justice Minister Allan Rock, and, in 1995, he toughened it up.

Young offenders