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This line graph illustrates the age of members of the study cohort at the time of their first offence. The male line in the graph shows a steady rise in the percentage of the male cohort as they age from 12 to 18 years; it then falls sharply to age 21. The female line shows an increase from age 12 to age 15 in the proportion of the cohort first appearing in court; the line then declines.
Source: Statistics Canada, Youth Court Survey and Adult Criminal Court Survey, 1991 to 2001; Annual Demographic Statistics, 2003.