Table 7
Specialization and versatility in the delinquent careers of repeat offenders

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  Total No administrative offences One or more administrative offences
1987 birth cohort percent number percent number percent number
Specialized
Person 6.9 960 64.6 620 35.4 339
Property 23.8 3,311 74.8 2,477 25.2 834
Other 4.1 573 75.5 432 24.5 140
Administrative 0.4 58 … … 100.0 58
Subtotal specialized 35.2 4,902 72.0 3,530 28.0 1,372
Versatile
Person, property 19.4 2,704 66.9 1,809 33.1 895
Person, other 7.0 971 70.5 685 29.5 287
Property, other 19.0 2,643 72.3 1,910 27.7 733
Person, property, other 19.4 2,703 39.3 1,063 60.7 1,640
Subtotal versatile 64.8 9,022 60.6 5,467 39.4 3,554
1987 total 100.0 13,924 64.6 8,997 35.4 4,926
1990 birth cohort
Specialized
Person 9.5 460 79.0 363 21.0 96
Property 30.8 1,489 86.4 1,287 13.6 202
Other 2.4 117 91.1 106 8.9 10
Administrative 0.2 11 … … 100.0 11
Subtotal specialized 43.0 2,077 84.6 1,757 15.4 320
Versatile
Person, property 26.9 1,301 76.7 998 23.3 303
Person, other 5.2 252 83.2 210 16.8 42
Property, other 13.6 654 82.4 540 17.6 115
Person, property, other 11.3 545 53.6 292 46.4 253
Subtotal versatile 57.0 2,752 74.1 2,039 25.9 714
1990 total 100.0 4,829 78.6 3,796 21.4 1,033
Both cohorts 100.0 18,753 68.2 12,793 31.8 5,960
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.