Legal Resources

This chapter is from the manual used by law students handling cases at LSLAP’s legal clinics. It includes an overview of criminal procedure and sentencing in the youth justice context.

Explains the help available for children who are victims of crime. This includes agencies that can help and the PEACE (Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling and Empowerment) programs which provide group and individual counselling for children aged three to eighteen.

Explains the laws ensuring children are protected from harm, have access to basic needs, and have a voice to participate in society. These include criminal laws about online sexual violence and sextortion.

This page guides you to information, services, and resources available for children and youth who are victims or witnesses.

This resource introduces Indigenous children, girls, and women to community services that provide culturally-appropriate support for safety concerns.

Explain what sexual exploitation of children and youth is. Topics covered include the organizations, service providers, and community partners preventing sexual exploitation and trafficking (Children of the Street and Community Action Teams). It also describes handouts and toolkits communities can use, and contains links to more resources.

This toolkit provides anti-violence workers and caregivers supporting teens through their experiences of digital dating violence with information, tips, handouts, and resources. Includes info to help better understand the legal causes of action related to experiences of teen digital dating violence.

Children and youth experience various types of crime in various contexts, such as child abuse, bullying, and dating violence. This information sheet is part of the Help Starts Here series and provides information for parents and other family members whose child has been a victim of crime.