A National Survey of Youth Justice Committees in Canada

FIGURE 6 - PERCENTAGE OF YJCS WHO ROUTINELY INVITE VICTIMS TO HEARINGS

Figure 6 is a horizontal bar graph that illustrates the percentage of YJCs contacted who indicated that they routinely invite victims to the hearing. The x-axis indicates the percentage of YJCs who routinely invite victims to hearings, ranging from 0 to 100%. The y-axis lists the jurisdictions: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Newfoundland, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

The results indicate that Saskatchewan and Ontario have the highest percentage of YJCs that routinely invite victims to hearings (100% each). They are followed by the Northwest Territories (about 87%), Newfoundland (about 76%), Alberta (about 41%), Manitoba (about 36%) and Nunavut (about 33%).