Table 3
Elapsed time between first and second contact with Nova Scotia police among youth and adults accused, by sex, 2012/2013 to 2014/2015


Table 3
Elapsed time between first and second contact with Nova Scotia police among youth and adults accused, by sex, 2012/2013 to 2014/2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Elapsed time between first and second contact with Nova Scotia police among youth and adults accused. The information is grouped by Elapsed time (months) (appearing as row headers), Youth, Adult, Male, Female and Total, calculated using proportion units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Elapsed time (months)Table 3 Note 1 Youth Adult
Male Female Total Male Female Total
proportion
3 23 13 20 17 13 16
6 31 20 28 24 20 23
9 36 24 33 29 24 27
12 42 28 38 32 27 31
15 46 30 41 35 29 33
18 49 33 45 37 32 36
21 52 35 47 39 33 38
24 55 37 49 41 35 39
Note 1

Elapsed times are cumulative. For example, six months indicates the proportion of individuals who had a re-contact within six months (which includes those who had a re-contact within three months).

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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. Proportions are based on survival analysis using the Kaplan-Meier procedure. Results shown are the failure rates (i.e., 1-probability of survival) multiplied by 100, representing proportions of those who had a re-contact.
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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