Table 2
Youth re-contact with Nova Scotia police, by frequency of re-contacts and pathway, 2012/2013 to 2014/2015


Table 2
Youth re-contact with Nova Scotia police, by frequency of re-contacts and pathway, 2012/2013 to 2014/2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Youth re-contact with Nova Scotia police. The information is grouped by Pathway (appearing as row headers), No re-contact, One to four re-contacts and Five or more re-contacts, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Pathway No re-contact One to four re-contacts Five or more re-contacts
number percent number percent number percent
Police onlyTable 2 Note 1 1,105 55 724 36 185 9
Police and courtTable 2 Note 2 95 23 189 46 128 31
Police and restorative justiceTable 2 Note 3 146 54 110 40 16 6
Police, restorative justice and courtTable 2 Note 4 40 45 36 40 13 15
Total 1,386 50 1,059 38 342 12
Note 1

Includes accused individuals who only had contact with the police.

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Note 2

Includes accused individuals who came into contact with the police and the courts system with respect to the initial contact within the study. The completion of this pathway is marked by the initiation of a court case for a given charge.

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Note 3

Includes accused individuals who came into contact with police and restorative justice programs for the initial contact. The completion of this pathway is marked by the start of a restorative justice case.

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Note 4

Includes individuals who came into contact with all three aspects of the justice system. In this instance, the completion of a pathway is indicated by the initiation of a court case for a given charge.

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Note: Based on individuals who had at least one contact with Nova Scotia police in 2012/2013. Includes youth who were between the ages of 12 and 17 at the time of the initial contact, and where the age and the sex of the accused were known. Re-contact signifies a new official intervention following a completed pathway for the initial contact, and where subsequent contacts with Nova Scotia police were identified. Counts presented exclude a small proportion (2%) of youth who were in the study for less than two years from the end of their pathway. Therefore, totals may not add up to totals presented elsewhere within the report.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Integrated Criminal Court Survey, Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Information System, linked database.
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