Table 3
Characteristics of restorative justice processes for youth in restorative justice in Nova Scotia in 2009/2010


Table 3
Characteristics of restorative justice processes for youth in restorative justice in Nova Scotia in 2009/2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of restorative justice processes for youth in restorative justice in Nova Scotia in 2009/2010. The information is grouped by Characteristics of youth who participated in restorative justice in 2009 (appearing as row headers), Male, Female and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics of youth who participated in restorative justice in 2009 Male Female Total
percent
Referral sourceTable 3 Note 1
Police (pre-charge) 54 64 57
Crown prosecution 39 32 37
Courts 5 3 4
Corrections 2 1 2
Total 100 100 100
Status of restorative justice file
Referred, not accepted 6 3 5
Accepted, successful in all or some part 89 91 90
Accepted, not successful or success unknown 5 6 6
Total 100 100 100
Length of restorative justice processTable 3 Note 2
90 days or less 22 32 25
91 to 180 days 48 50 49
181 to 365 days 27 16 23
Over 365 days 3 3 3
Total 100 100 100
Number of recontacts with restorative justiceTable 3 Note 2 Table 3 Note 3
0 (no recontact) 82 87 84
1 recontact 16 11 14
2 or more recontacts 2 2 2
Total 100 100 100
Time to first recontactTable 3 Note 2
90 days or less 8 14 10
91 to 180 days 20 14 19
181 to 365 days 20 19 20
Over 365 days 51 53 51
Total 100 100 100
Recontact by type of offenceTable 3 Note 2
Violent crime Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 21
Property crime Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 15
Other crime and federal statutes Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 15
TotalTable 3 Note 3 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 16
Change in seriousness of offenceTable 3 Note 2
Less serious Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 35
No change Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 23
More serious Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 42
TotalTable 3 Note 3 100 100 100
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1

Includes multiple referrals for 48 restorative justice files where there were referrals from multiple sources.

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Note 2

Excludes youth who were referred to restorative justice, but who did not participate.

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Note 3

Excludes unknown.

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Note: Restorative justice (RJ) participants include youth who had contact with the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program for a Criminal Code offence, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act or other federal statues, with cases starting between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010. The study does not include Information on youth who were referred to the Mi’kmaw Customary Law Program of the Mi’kmaw Legal Support Network.
Source: Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Information System, linked database.
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