Table 3
The duration of completed delinquent careers

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Career length Completed 1-time and repeaters Completed repeaters
percent
1 day 81.2 11.7
More than 1 day to 6 months 6.4 30.4
More than 6 months to 1 year 3.1 14.7
More than 1 year to 2 years 4.4 20.7
More than 2 years 4.8 22.5
Total percent 100.0 100.0
Total number 22,922 4,869
Mean duration (years) 0.26 1.23
Mean duration (days) 94 448
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-Based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey, Linked 11-year data file.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, The development of police-reported delinquency among Canadian youth born in 1987 and 1990, Catalogue no. 85-561-MWE2007009.