 victim, and
- providing financial compensation to a victim.
As with extrajudicial measures, to participate in an extrajudicial sanctions program, the youth must not only meet the offence criteria, but must also accept responsibility for the crime, and freely agree to take part in the program.
An extrajudicial sanction may not be used if the young person:
- denies participation or involvement in the commission of the offence, or
- prefers to have the charge dealt with by a youth justice court.
Youth not eligible for extrajudicial measures
In general, across Canada, extrajudicial measures programs are not available for youth who have committed serious types of offences, which include:
- serious assaults,
- sexual assaults,
- impaired driving,
- personal violence offences,
- offences involving threats or the use of weapons, and
- offences that resulted in someone’s death.
In addition, youth who have been convicted of several offences, committed on different occasions, will likely not be eligible for an extrajudicial measures program.
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