Nobody likes youth crime.
But everybody seems to have a different idea of what to do about it. Some people say that we should get tough with young offenders and that harsh punish-ments serve as a deterrent. We, in Canada, are closely behind the United States when it comes to putting young offenders in custody, and our youth crime rate is second only to theirs. Except for Quebec, which locks up far fewer young offenders than any other province in Canada. And has the lowest youth crime rate.