Background for YCJA

• Previous Page

PDF Version

Table of Contents

• Part A: Use of Youth Court
  • Figure A1: Rate of bringing cases into youth court
  • Table A1: Provincial variation inthe use of youth court
  • Figure A2: Types of cases in youth court
  • Table A2: Provincial variation in the types of cases in youth court
  • Table A3: Violence cases in youth court
  • Table A4:Types of offences that constitute the majority of youth court cases
• Part B: Use of Custody
  • Figure B1: Rate of youths sentenced to custody
  • Table B1: Provincial variation infinding cases guilty and imposing custody
  • Table B2: Types of offences that constitute the majority of cases that receive custody
  • Table B3: Use of custody for failure to appear and failure to comply with a disposition
  • Table B4: Effect of criminal record: Minor theft
  • Table B5: Effect of criminal record: Minor assault
  • Figure B2: Overall use of custody in Canada and the US
  • Figure B3: Use of custody in for violence offences in Canada and the US
  • Figure B4: Use of custody in for property offences in Canada and the US
  • Table B6: Use of custody in Canada 1991-2 to 1998-9
• Part C: Transfers to Adult Court
  • Table C1: Types of cases transferred
  • Table C2: Provincial variation in transferring cases