What Happens if My Friend Shoplifts?
Camilla’s high school is a ten-minute walk away from a mall so her and her friends usually go there during their lunch period. In their most recent visit to the mall, Camilla and her friends go into a make up store because they want to buy the newest shade of nail polish. While most of…
Theft in a Shopping Mall
http://images.clipartof.com/small/76396-Royalty-Free-RF- Clipart-Illustration-Of-A-Brunette-Girl-Shoplifting-In-A-Store.jpg Shirley is a 18 year old high school student. Both her parents work during the day, so they only see her at night. She makes her own breakfast and dinner, and travels to school on her own. She is always studying and receiving good marks for her studies. On her birthday, she wanted…
Facebook & the Law…
It is no secret that teenagers have come to rely on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to document every aspect of their lives. It is easy to get lost in the online world of social media and think that because you’ve set your profile to “private”, what you post online will have no repercussions. This blog…
JOYRIDING
Jessica, a 14-year-old high school student, wanted to go to the mall with her friends after school. Neither she nor her friends, being the same age as her, had a license to drive to the mall and the mall was too far to walk to. At the same time, some of her friends did not…
"Vitamin R"
On a Thursday afternoon, two friends, Alex and Mike, headed down to their school cafeteria to break for lunch before their next class. After buying their lunches, they looked for a place to sit down. The cafeteria was quite full that day, and so there were few places for them to eat their lunches. Since…
What does it mean to be charged with a crime?
In order for you to be charged with a crime in Canada, that behaviour has to be prohibited by a law. You can find most of the offences that young people are charged with in the Criminal Code, or in a related statute (for instance, if it is a drug offence, you might find it…
New Video: Age of Consent
Check out JFCY’s new video on age of consent. For those of you who want the details in brief, there’s a quick summary of the law below: Consent to sex is always your decision – The Canadian law requires that all people participating in sexual activity must give their own consent: you decide whether you…
Drunk Driving
Scenario (by Cydney Kim) Michael and Fred are 16 year old friends who love parties. One night, they decide to attend a party at the other end of town. Michael arranges to be picked up by his parents late at night. When Fred’s 20 year old brother drops the two friends off at the party,…
Public nudity – the cure for summer heat?
Blog post by Bianca (Summer law student at JFCY) Currently, section 174 of the Criminal Code prohibits nudity in a public place, or exposing yourself to the public in a private place. But this may not necessarily be the case for long. If Brian Coldin gets his way, we just might start seeing more people…
Sexual assault in the world of dating
Blog post by volunteers Josh (U of T undergrad student) and Bianca (law student) Scenario Meet Annie: a normal 16-year old girl. She is smart, pretty, and well liked by both her peers and teachers. And when popular jock Scott Herring asked her out, she agreed. She was nervous because she had never dated before,…