Table 4
Cases completed in youth courts by offence category and age of accused, Canada, 2008/2009
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Offence category | Total cases | Age of accused | |||||||||||||
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12 years old | 13 years old | 14 years old | 15 years old | 16 years old | 17 years old | Other1 | |||||||||
number | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Total offences | 58,379 | 1,307 | 2.2 | 3,583 | 6.1 | 7,120 | 12.2 | 11,780 | 20.2 | 15,387 | 26.4 | 18,019 | 30.9 | 1,183 | 2.0 |
Total Criminal Code offences | 47,890 | 1,263 | 2.6 | 3,309 | 6.9 | 6,266 | 13.1 | 9,855 | 20.6 | 12,349 | 25.8 | 13,974 | 29.2 | 874 | 1.8 |
Crimes against the person
|
15,457 | 543 | 3.5 | 1,287 | 8.3 | 2,143 | 13.9 | 3,224 | 20.9 | 3,841 | 24.8 | 4,166 | 27.0 | 253 | 1.6 |
Crimes against property
|
22,001 | 593 | 2.7 | 1,578 | 7.2 | 3,141 | 14.3 | 4,726 | 21.5 | 5,766 | 26.2 | 5,910 | 26.9 | 287 | 1.3 |
Administration of justice offences
|
6,284 | 57 | 0.9 | 268 | 4.3 | 624 | 9.9 | 1,215 | 19.3 | 1,698 | 27.0 | 2,179 | 34.7 | 243 | 3.9 |
Other Criminal Code offences
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3,021 | 67 | 2.2 | 168 | 5.6 | 327 | 10.8 | 580 | 19.2 | 808 | 26.7 | 989 | 32.7 | 82 | 2.7 |
Criminal Code traffic offences
|
1,127 | 3 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.7 | 31 | 2.8 | 110 | 9.8 | 236 | 20.9 | 730 | 64.8 | 9 | 0.8 |
Other federal statute offences | 10,489 | 44 | 0.4 | 274 | 2.6 | 854 | 8.1 | 1,925 | 18.4 | 3,038 | 29.0 | 4,045 | 38.6 | 309 | 2.9 |
Drug offences
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4,356 | 22 | 0.5 | 94 | 2.2 | 302 | 6.9 | 706 | 16.2 | 1,276 | 29.3 | 1,909 | 43.8 | 47 | 1.1 |
Youth Criminal Justice Act
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5,880 | 19 | 0.3 | 171 | 2.9 | 531 | 9.0 | 1,179 | 20.1 | 1,690 | 28.7 | 2,039 | 34.7 | 251 | 4.3 |
Other federal statutes
|
253 | 3 | 1.2 | 9 | 3.6 | 21 | 8.3 | 40 | 15.8 | 72 | 28.5 | 97 | 38.3 | 11 | 4.3 |
1. Other age group includes cases where the accused was older than 17 at the time of the offence (i.e., YCJA sections 136 to 139) or the age was unknown. Notes: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. Age of accused is at the time of offence. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey. |
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