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Tables and figures

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Supplementary tables
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Main tables

Table 1. International comparison of findings on lifetime prevalence

Table 2. The mix of charges in court careers

Table 3. The mix of charges in court careers which have more than 1 incident

Table 4. The change in seriousness from first to last referred incident in the career, offenders with 3 or more substantive incidents

Table 5. Summary of the change in seriousness from first to last referred incident in the career, offenders with 3 or more substantive incidents

Table 6. Distribution of the population of offenders according to the life-course typology of careers

Table 7. Mean number of referred incidents in the career, by sex and type of career

Table 8. The most serious charge in the court career, by type of career

Table 9. Mean seriousness index of the most serious charge in the career, by sex and type of career

Table 10. Mean seriousness index of the most serious charge in all the referred incidents in the career, by sex and the type of career

Table 11. The age at the time of the first referred incident, by type of career

Table 12. The flow of charges through Youth Court and Adult Criminal Court

Table 13. Soundex quality codes of incident records, for the 1979/80 birth cohort, by province, with Ontario and Alberta not regionalized

Table 14. Soundex quality codes of incident records, for the 1979/80 birth cohort, by province, with regionalization of Ontario and Alberta

Table 15. Distribution of offenders in the 1979/80 birth cohort, based on weighted records with Soundex quality codes 0 and 1

Table 16. Classification of offences

Supplementary tables

Table A1. Meta-analysis of international findings on the cumulative prevalence of official criminal behaviour

Table A2. Rate per 100 cohort members of referral to court and conviction in relation to incidents occurring before the 22nd birthday

Table A3. The most severe sentence received during the court career

Table A4. Rate per 100 cohort members of referral to court and conviction, by age at the time of the offence, sex, and province

Table A5. Population estimates by age, sex, and province for the 1979/80 birth cohort

Table A6. Rate per 100 cohort members of referral to court and conviction, by type of incident, age at the time of the incident, sex, and province

Table A7. Rate per 100 cohort members of referral to court and conviction, by type of incident, age at the time of the incident, sex, and province

Table A8. Cumulative rate per 100 cohort members of referral to court and conviction, by age at the time of the incident, sex, and province

Table A9. Rate per 100 cohort members of first referral to court ("age of onset") and of first conviction, by age at the time of the incident, sex, and province

Table A10. Mean number of incidents, and of substantive incidents, of accused persons in the birth cohort, up to their 22nd birthday

Table A11. The number of incidents in the court career, by sex and type of career

Table A12. Percentages of offenders with completed careers, by age at the time of the last incident, sex, and province

Table A13. Mean rates of offending by active offenders at each year of age (λ), by sex and province

Table A14. Mean rates of offending, substantive incidents only, by active offenders at each year of age (λ), by sex and province

Table A15. Mean rates of offending by active offenders at each year of age (λ), by type of incident and sex

Table A16. Mean rates of offending by active offenders at each year of age (λ), by age at the time of the first referred incident (age of onset)

Table A17. The mix of offences in court careers, by province and sex

Table A18. The mix of offences in the court careers of repeat offenders, by province and sex

Table A19. Percentage of repeat offenders, by the type of career, number of referred incidents before the age of 22, and age at the time of the first referred incident

Table A20. Mean value of the index of escalation, by sex and the age at the time of the first referred incident, offenders with 3 or more referred substantive incidents

Table A21. Percentage of offenders, by sex, the type of career, and the most serious charge in the career

Table A22. Percentage of repeat offenders, by sex, the type of career, and the age at the time of the first referred incident

Table A23. Percentage of repeat offenders, by the type of career, number of referred incidents before the age of 20, and age at the time of the first referred incident

Figures

Figure 1. Rates per 100 cohort members of referral to court and conviction, for incidents occurring before the 22nd birthday, by province

Figure 2. Rates per 100 cohort members of referral to court and conviction, by the age of the accused at the time of the incident

Figure 3. Rate per 100 cohort members of referral to court, by the sex of the accused, and age at the time of the incident

Figure 4. Rate per 100 cohort members of referral to court, by the sex of the accused, and age at the time of the incident (females scaled up)

Figure 5. Rate per 100 cohort members of referral to court, by type of offence and age of the accused at the time of the incident

Figure 6. Cumulative rates of referral to court and conviction, by age of the accused at the time of the incident

Figure 7. Rate per 100 cohort members of referral to court for the first time, by age of the accused at the time of the incident (“age of onset”)

Figure 8. Proportions of offenders and incidents, by number of incidents per person

Figure 9. Mean number of incidents in the career, by the age at the first court-referred incident

Figure 10. Proportion of each age-of-onset group who were chronic offenders

Figure 11. Proportion of all chronic offenders, by age at first referred incident

Figure 12. Mean annual recidivism rate, by age at the first referred incident

Figure 13. Percent of offenders with completed court careers, by age at the last incident referred to court

Figure 14. Mean duration of the completed court career, by age at the first referred incident

Figure 15. The ratio of the mean duration to the maximum possible duration of the criminal career, by age at the first referred incident

Figure 16. Mean annual number of incidents involving active offenders (λ), by sex and age at the time of the incident

Figure 17. Mean annual number of substantive incidents involving active offenders (λ), by sex and age at the time of the incident

Figure 18. Mean annual number of incidents committed by active offenders (λ), by type of incident and age at the time of the incident

Figure 19. Mean annual number of incidents involving active offenders (λ), by age at the time of the incident, and age at the first referred incident (age of onset)

Figure 20. Specialization in offending by the number of referred incidents in the career, repeat offenders only

Figure 21. Specialization in offending by age at the first referred incident, repeat offenders only

Figure 22. Specialization in offending by the number of referred incidents in the career, controlling for age at the first referred incident

Figure 23. Mean value of the index of escalation, by age of onset


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