Annex V – SOCJS Youth-Adapted Framework Indicator Tally

Positive improvement Negative improvement Stable/maintenance Data limitations that prevent the establishment of a trend
7 out of 32 3 out of 32 5 out of 32 17 out of 32

Positive improvement

  1. Youth incarceration rate (positive decrease)
  2. Youth criminal court cases that received a custodial sentence (positive decrease)
  3. Admissions of youth to provincial and territorial community supervision (positive increase)
  4. Children and youth police-reported homicide victims identified as Indigenous (positive decrease)
  5. Police-reported youth crime (positive decrease)
  6. Police-reported youth crime severity (positive decrease)
  7. Youth referrals to an Indigenous Justice Program (positive increase)

Negative improvement

  1. Pre-trial detention (negative increase)
  2. Youth case completion time (negative increase)
  3. Youth police-reported homicide accused identified as Indigenous (negative increase)

Stable/maintenance

  1. Youth administration of justice offences (percentage stable)
  2. Approved youth criminal legal aid applications (maintenance of approval rate)
  3. Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision youth cases receiving specialized treatment (maintenance of success rate)
  4. Admissions of Indigenous youth to provincial/territorial correctional services (percentage stable)
  5. Admissions of Black youth to provincial/territorial correctional services (percentage stable)

Data limitations that prevent the establishment of a trend

  1. Self-reported victimization among youth (one year of data)
  2. Self-reported physical and sexual abuse during childhood (one year of data)
  3. Witnessing family violence during childhood (one year of data)
  4. Satisfaction with personal safety from crime among youth (one year of data)
  5. Public perception that the youth criminal justice system is fair to all people (one year of data)
  6. Public perception that the youth criminal justice system is accessible to all people (one year of data)
  7. Youth clients served by the Indigenous Courtwork Program (inconclusive. While the number of referrals decreased, this aligns with the overall decrease in youth crime)
  8. Public awareness of the role of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (one year of data)
  9. Youth confidence in the police (one year of data)
  10. Youth confidence in the criminal courts (one year of data)
  11. Youth perception of the prison system (one year of data)
  12. Youth victimization incidents reported to the police (one year of data)
  13. Referrals to a restorative justice program (one year of data)
  14. Victims and offenders accepted into a restorative justice process (one year of data)
  15. Youth victim satisfaction with police actions (one year of data)
  16. Self-reported violent victimization among Indigenous youth (data unavailable)
  17. Self-reported violent victimization among Black youth (data unavailable)