2. SOCJS Youth-Adapted Framework
An overview of the SOCJS Youth-Adapted Framework’s expected outcomes and indicators are outlined below. For more detailed information on the indicators and for additional disaggregated data, please see the SOCJS Dashboard’s Youth Theme. For an overview of the SOCJS Adult Framework’s expected outcomes and indicators, see Annex IV or the SOCJS Dashboard.
Expected outcome 1: Canadian youth are safe and feel safe
Indicators:
- Police-reported youth crime
- Police-reported youth crime severity
- Self-reported victimization among youth
- Self-reported physical and sexual abuse during childhood
- Witnessing family violence during childhood
- Satisfaction with personal safety from crime among youth
Expected outcome 2: The youth criminal justice system is fair and accessible
Indicators:
- Public perception that the youth criminal justice system is fair to all people
- Public perception that the youth criminal justice system is accessible to all people
- Approved youth criminal legal aid applications
- Youth clients served by the Indigenous Courtwork Program
- Pre-trial detention
Expected outcome 3: Canadians understand the role of and express confidence in the youth criminal justice system
Indicators:
- Public awareness of the role of the Youth Criminal Justice Act
- Youth confidence in the police
- Youth confidence in the criminal courts
- Youth perception of the prison system
- Youth victimization incidents reported to the police
Expected outcome 4: The youth criminal justice system operates efficiently
Indicators:
- Administration of justice offences in youth courts
- Youth case completion time
Expected outcome 5: The youth criminal justice system promotes and supports diversion to community-based resolutions
Indicators:
- Youth incarceration rate
- Youth court cases that received a custodial sentence
- Referrals to a restorative justice program
- Victims and offenders accepted into a restorative justice process
- Youth referrals to an Indigenous Justice Program
Expected outcome 6: The youth criminal justice system provides youth in the correctional system with services and supports to rehabilitate them and integrate them back into the community
Indicators:
- Admissions of youth to provincial and territorial community supervision
- Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision youth cases receiving specialized treatment
Expected outcome 7: The youth criminal justice system respects victims’ and survivors’ rights and addresses their needs
Indicators:
- Youth victim satisfaction with the actions taken by police
Expected outcome 8: Reducing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the youth criminal justice system
Indicators:
- Self-reported violent victimization among Indigenous youth
- Children and youth police-reported homicide victims identified as Indigenous
- Youth police-reported homicide accused identified as Indigenous
- Admissions of Indigenous youth to provincial/territorial correctional services
Expected outcome 9: Reducing the overrepresentation of Black people in the youth criminal justice system
Indicators:
- Self-reported violent victimization among Black youth
- Admissions of Black youth to provincial/territorial correctional services
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