Youth court statistics, 2008-2009 - ARCHIVED

This article summarizes data from youth courts across Canada that provided data to the Integrated Criminal Court Survey for the 2008/2009 fiscal year. Information is presented on the characteristics of accused youth and their court cases as well as case outcomes (i.e., decisions and sentencing details). The focus of this article is placed on the most recent year of data (2008/2009) with some jurisdictional and trend analyses.