Table 7
Proportion of youth accused charged or cleared by other means, by most serious violation, Canada, 2014

Table 7
Proportion of youth accused charged or cleared by other means, by most serious violation, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Proportion of youth accused charged or cleared by other means. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Charge, Warning, Caution, Referral to community program, Referral to extrajudicial sanctions program, Other and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Charge Warning Caution Referral to community program Referral to extrajudicial sanctions program OtherNote 1 Total
percent
Total accused of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) 48 21 4 3 3 21 100
Violent crime  
Homicide and attempted murderNote 2 96 0 0 0 0 4 100
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 100 0 0 0 0 0 100
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 76 3 0 3 0 19 100
Sexual assault - level 1 61 9 2 3 1 23 100
Sexual violations against children Note 3, Note 4 50 10 2 2 4 31 100
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 93 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 0 5 100
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 69 9 2 1 2 16 100
Assault - level 1 (common assault) 43 20 4 3 4 27 100
Other assaultsNote 5 79 7 2 1 2 8 100
Robbery 91 2 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 1 5 100
Criminal harassment 22 34 8 4 4 28 100
Uttering threats 37 23 4 2 5 30 100
Other violent Criminal Code violationsNote 6 39 23 4 2 2 30 100
Total 51 17 3 2 3 23 100
Property crime  
Breaking and entering 63 11 3 2 5 16 100
Theft of motor vehicle 59 9 2 1 2 25 100
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 49 15 7 1 1 28 100
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 29 32 5 8 5 21 100
MischiefNote 7 29 30 6 3 3 29 100
Other property crimesNote 8 62 13 3 3 3 15 100
Total 38 26 5 5 4 22 100
Other Criminal Code offences  
Disturbing the peace 5 49 10 1 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 34 100
Administration of justice violationsNote 9 85 5 1 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 8 100
Other Criminal Code offencesNote 10 50 23 5 3 3 17 100
Total 64 16 3 1 1 15 100
Criminal Code traffic violations  
Impaired driving 79 6 3 0 0 13 100
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 80 5 1 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 1 13 100
Total 80 5 2 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 13 100
Drug offences  
Possession - cannabis 25 37 6 8 7 17 100
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis 68 12 2 4 5 8 100
Possession, trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs 59 17 3 2 5 14 100
Total 32 33 5 7 7 16 100
Other federal statute violations  
Youth Criminal Justice Act 88 4 1 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 7 100
Other federal statutes 35 18 17 1 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 29 100
Total 84 5 2 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 8 100
Total - all violations 48 22 4 4 3 20 100
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note 1.

Other means may include other means of clearing an accused such as where the accused is under age 12, where the accused is already incarcerate, or where the accused is deceased.

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Note 2.

Includes other violations causing death such as criminal negligence causing death as well as attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

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Note 3.

Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault.

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Note 4.

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via a computer/agreement or arrangement, and (as of 2012) making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth.

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Note 5.

Includes assault against a peace officer, violent firearm offences such as pointing or discharging a firearm, or using a firearm in the commission of an offence, and other assaults.

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Note 6.

Includes forcible confinement and kidnapping, abduction, extortion, threatening or harassing phone calls and other violent Criminal Code violations.

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Note 7.

Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 8.

Includes possession and trafficking of stolen property, fraud, identity theft and fraud, and arson.

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Note 9.

Includes failure to comply with an order, failure to appear, breach of probation and other violations against the administration of law and justice.

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Note 10

Includes non-violent weapons offences, counterfeiting, child pornography, prostitution and other Criminal Code violations.

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Note: Youth includes all accused aged 12 to 17. Youth crime is categorized by the most serious violation of the offence in which the youth was accused. In incidents with multiple accused involving multiple offences, it is possible that this is not the specific offence of which the youth was accused or charged, but one committed by another individual accused in the incident. Percentages may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Crime Reporting Survey.
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