Table 8a
Guilty youth court cases by type of sentence and type of offence, Canada, 2006/2007
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Offence group | Total guilty cases | Type of sentence | |||||||||
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Custody and supervision1 | Conditional sentence | Deferred custody and supervision2 | Intensive support and supervision2 | Attend a non-residential program2 | |||||||
number | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Total offences | 34,065 | 5,640 | 16.6 | 27 | 0.1 | 1,080 | 3.2 | 347 | 1.0 | 213 | 0.6 |
Crimes against the person | 9,164 | 1,591 | 17.4 | 13 | 0.1 | 422 | 4.6 | 144 | 1.6 | 43 | 0.5 |
Homicide | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Attempted murder | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Robbery | 1,355 | 500 | 36.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 113 | 8.3 | 38 | 2.8 | 6 | 0.4 |
Sexual assault | 459 | 55 | 12.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 35 | 7.6 | 14 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Other sexual offences | 272 | 30 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 6.3 | 9 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Major assault | 2,213 | 429 | 19.4 | 3 | 0.1 | 117 | 5.3 | 49 | 2.2 | 18 | 0.8 |
Common assault | 3,404 | 341 | 10.0 | 7 | 0.2 | 89 | 2.6 | 21 | 0.6 | 12 | 0.4 |
Uttering threats | 1,218 | 164 | 13.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 2.8 | 11 | 0.9 | 6 | 0.5 |
Criminal harassment | 55 | 7 | 12.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Other crimes against persons | 161 | 45 | 28.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 12 | 7.5 | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.6 |
Crimes against property | 11,793 | 1,607 | 13.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 292 | 2.5 | 90 | 0.8 | 65 | 0.6 |
Theft | 4,078 | 423 | 10.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 73 | 1.8 | 31 | 0.8 | 40 | 1.0 |
Break and enter | 3,364 | 635 | 18.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 112 | 3.3 | 32 | 1.0 | 10 | 0.3 |
Fraud | 441 | 58 | 13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 2.7 | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.5 |
Mischief | 2,029 | 159 | 7.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 40 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.4 |
Possess stolen property | 1,701 | 306 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 3.1 | 13 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.2 |
Other property crimes | 180 | 26 | 14.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.1 | 6 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Administration of justice | 3,164 | 849 | 26.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 61 | 1.9 | 15 | 0.5 | 24 | 0.8 |
Fail to appear | 169 | 31 | 18.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 |
Breach of probation | 108 | 22 | 20.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Unlawfully at large | 501 | 338 | 67.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.6 |
Fail to comply with order | 2,128 | 404 | 19.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 37 | 1.7 | 11 | 0.5 | 18 | 0.8 |
Other administration of justice offences | 258 | 54 | 20.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 4.7 | 3 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.8 |
Other Criminal Code | 2,574 | 401 | 15.6 | 4 | 0.2 | 96 | 3.7 | 31 | 1.2 | 18 | 0.7 |
Weapons | 1,068 | 189 | 17.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 41 | 3.8 | 18 | 1.7 | 10 | 0.9 |
Prostitution | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Disturbing the peace | 111 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
Residual Criminal Code | 1,389 | 210 | 15.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 53 | 3.8 | 12 | 0.9 | 8 | 0.6 |
Total Criminal Code(excluding traffic) | 26,695 | 4,448 | 16.7 | 21 | 0.1 | 871 | 3.3 | 280 | 1.0 | 150 | 0.6 |
Criminal Code traffic | 886 | 87 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 2.1 | 9 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.2 |
Impaired driving | 464 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Other Criminal Code traffic | 422 | 86 | 20.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 4.3 | 9 | 2.1 | 2 | 0.5 |
Total Criminal Code | 27,581 | 4,535 | 16.4 | 21 | 0.1 | 890 | 3.2 | 289 | 1.0 | 152 | 0.6 |
Other federal statute total | 6,484 | 1,105 | 17.0 | 6 | 0.1 | 190 | 2.9 | 58 | 0.9 | 61 | 0.9 |
Drug possession | 1,050 | 17 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.9 |
Drug trafficking | 730 | 102 | 14.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 31 | 4.2 | 4 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.4 |
Youth Criminal Justice Act/Young Offenders Act | 3,912 | 859 | 22.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 159 | 4.1 | 53 | 1.4 | 49 | 1.3 |
Other federal statutes | 792 | 127 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
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Table 8b
Guilty youth court cases by type of sentence and type of offence, Canada, 2006/2007
Offence group | Type of sentence | |||||||||
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Probation | Fine | Community service | Other2 | Reprimand1 | ||||||
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Total offences | 19,953 | 58.6 | 1,860 | 5.5 | 8,120 | 23.8 | 11,671 | 34.3 | 724 | 2.1 |
Crimes against the person | 6,249 | 68.2 | 102 | 1.1 | 1,969 | 21.5 | 3,642 | 39.7 | 102 | 1.1 |
Homicide | 7 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 8 | 38.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Attempted murder | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Robbery | 990 | 73.1 | 3 | 0.2 | 323 | 23.8 | 738 | 54.5 | 6 | 0.4 |
Sexual assault | 360 | 78.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 59 | 12.9 | 145 | 31.6 | 1 | 0.2 |
Other sexual offences | 213 | 78.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 11.8 | 63 | 23.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Major assault | 1,543 | 69.7 | 30 | 1.4 | 514 | 23.2 | 922 | 41.7 | 10 | 0.5 |
Common assault | 2,136 | 62.7 | 50 | 1.5 | 741 | 21.8 | 1,337 | 39.3 | 59 | 1.7 |
Uttering threats | 832 | 68.3 | 12 | 1.0 | 232 | 19.0 | 331 | 27.2 | 26 | 2.1 |
Criminal harassment | 38 | 69.1 | 4 | 7.3 | 17 | 30.9 | 27 | 49.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Other crimes against persons | 125 | 77.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 49 | 30.4 | 68 | 42.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Crimes against property | 7,454 | 63.2 | 370 | 3.1 | 3,243 | 27.5 | 3,859 | 32.7 | 198 | 1.7 |
Theft | 2,371 | 58.1 | 191 | 4.7 | 1,145 | 28.1 | 1,423 | 34.9 | 103 | 2.5 |
Break and enter | 2,461 | 73.2 | 34 | 1.0 | 975 | 29.0 | 903 | 26.8 | 12 | 0.4 |
Fraud | 270 | 61.2 | 16 | 3.6 | 98 | 22.2 | 157 | 35.6 | 9 | 2.0 |
Mischief | 1,169 | 57.6 | 59 | 2.9 | 553 | 27.3 | 819 | 40.4 | 42 | 2.1 |
Possess stolen property | 1,053 | 61.9 | 63 | 3.7 | 422 | 24.8 | 497 | 29.2 | 30 | 1.8 |
Other property crimes | 130 | 72.2 | 7 | 3.9 | 50 | 27.8 | 60 | 33.3 | 2 | 1.1 |
Administration of justice | 1,371 | 43.3 | 226 | 7.1 | 505 | 16.0 | 683 | 21.6 | 193 | 6.1 |
Fail to appear | 76 | 45.0 | 16 | 9.5 | 19 | 11.2 | 41 | 24.3 | 13 | 7.7 |
Breach of probation | 54 | 50.0 | 12 | 11.1 | 23 | 21.3 | 17 | 15.7 | 8 | 7.4 |
Unlawfully at large | 116 | 23.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 59 | 11.8 | 26 | 5.2 | 10 | 2.0 |
Fail to comply with order | 972 | 45.7 | 188 | 8.8 | 355 | 16.7 | 546 | 25.7 | 157 | 7.4 |
Other administration of justice offences | 153 | 59.3 | 8 | 3.1 | 49 | 19.0 | 53 | 20.5 | 5 | 1.9 |
Other Criminal Code | 1,578 | 61.3 | 94 | 3.7 | 537 | 20.9 | 945 | 36.7 | 57 | 2.2 |
Weapons | 686 | 64.2 | 26 | 2.4 | 208 | 19.5 | 526 | 49.3 | 17 | 1.6 |
Prostitution | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 50.0 |
Disturbing the peace | 56 | 50.5 | 11 | 9.9 | 26 | 23.4 | 46 | 41.4 | 7 | 6.3 |
Residual Criminal Code | 834 | 60.0 | 57 | 4.1 | 303 | 21.8 | 373 | 26.9 | 30 | 2.2 |
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) | 16,652 | 62.4 | 792 | 3.0 | 6,254 | 23.4 | 9,129 | 34.2 | 550 | 2.1 |
Criminal Code traffic | 378 | 42.7 | 344 | 38.8 | 146 | 16.5 | 612 | 69.1 | 2 | 0.2 |
Impaired driving | 118 | 25.4 | 304 | 65.5 | 65 | 14.0 | 413 | 89.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
Other Criminal Code traffic | 260 | 61.6 | 40 | 9.5 | 81 | 19.2 | 199 | 47.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
Total Criminal Code | 17,030 | 61.7 | 1,136 | 4.1 | 6,400 | 23.2 | 9,741 | 35.3 | 552 | 2.0 |
Other federal statute total | 2,923 | 45.1 | 724 | 11.2 | 1,720 | 26.5 | 1,930 | 29.8 | 172 | 2.7 |
Drug possession | 477 | 45.4 | 161 | 15.3 | 299 | 28.5 | 628 | 59.8 | 39 | 3.7 |
Drug trafficking | 543 | 74.4 | 32 | 4.4 | 241 | 33.0 | 436 | 59.7 | 3 | 0.4 |
Youth Criminal Justice Act/Young Offenders Act | 1,593 | 40.7 | 444 | 11.3 | 913 | 23.3 | 822 | 21.0 | 130 | 3.3 |
Other federal statutes | 310 | 39.1 | 87 | 11.0 | 267 | 33.7 | 44 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey. |
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