Pre-Trial Detention Under the Young Offenders Act: A Study of Urban Courts

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TABLE 2.6 - CHARACTERISTICS OF JUDICIAL INTERIM RELEASE PROCEEDINGS BY COURT LOCATION

	Hal-Dart	Tor	Scar	Wpg	Edm	Van	Surrey	Total sample
Percentage of cases where bail hearing adjourned	39.5%	66.4%	76.6%	75.5%	41.4%	34.1%	40.4%	54.6%
Total number	86	134	77	155	140	129	52	773
Average number of bail adjournments per case	1.2	2.0	2.1	2.5	2.2	1.5	2.4	2.1
Total number	28	87	55	115	58	41	21	405
Percentage of reverse onus cases	20.2%	48.4%	61.7%	41.8%	52.2%	11.7%	11.1%	35.4%
Total number	84	91	47	158	92	111	45	628

Presence and type of legal representation: Column percentages

	Hal-Dart	Tor	Scar	Wpg	Edm	Van	Surrey	Total sample
No legal counsel	1.5	0	0	6.9	13.6	1.5	2.0	3.9
Duty counsel	4.4	74.8	60.0	26.4	35.2	50.0	26.0	42.2
Other defence counsel	94.1	25.2	40.0	63.9	39.8	48.5	72.0	51.9
Other e.g., parent	0	0	0	2.8	11.4	0	0	2.1
Total percent	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.1%
Total number	68	123	70	144	88	130	50	673

Notes:

• In all courts but Toronto, legal aid staff lawyers act as both duty counsel and retained counsel. In Toronto and Scarborough, staff lawyers function primarily as duty counsel.
• Whether the case was a reverse onus matter was not known in 23 percent of cases.

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