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

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TABLE 2.7 - AVERAGE AND MEDIAN DAYS DETAINED, BY FORM OF RELEASE, BY COURT LOCATION

	Hal-Dart		Tor		Scar		Wpg		Edm		Van		Surre		Total sample
	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.
Detained by the court until case over	45	26	40	22	32	28	51	34	18	9	34	17	20	6	36	21
Released by the court:	2	1	5	2	8	2	5	3	4	1	2	1	2	1	4	1
To a responsible person	2	2	na	na	na	na	na	na	9	3	5	3	2	1	6	2
Undertaking to appear	2	1	10	2	10	11	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	1
Recognizance	1	1	4	2	4	2	4	2	4	0	8	8	2	2	4	1
Released, not known how	0.7	1	1	1	42	42	3.5	3.5	0.6	1	na	na	0	0	4	1
Other e.g., already in detention or custody	na	na	6	5	42	13	9	6	na	na	na	na	na	na	18	7
Anova (means): F=38.81 p<.001
Total mean/median days by court	15	1	22	4	18	7	22	5	9	2	12	1	7	1	16	3
Total number of cases	89		134		78		17		145		134		51		807
Anova (means): F=3.41 p=.< 01

Notes:

• na=not applicable; no cases in the category.
• The mean is the arithmetic mean or average while the median is the midpoint of the distribution (i.e., one-half of the cases fall above this point and one-half fall below).

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