Comparison of Case Processing Under the Young Offenders Act and the First Six Months of the Youth Criminal Justice Act

**Table 1: Prior Record before and after the YCJA, by Court Location**
Prior record?	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample
	Halifax		Toronto & Scarborough		Winnipeg		Edmonton		Vancouver		Surrey		Total
	Column percentages
No, first offender	44.9	25.9	50.0	53.4	42.0	47.4	28.4	31.6	38.3	30.3	46.7	45.8	41.2	38.8
Yes, prior conviction(s)	49.0	50.0	46.5	22.4	54.7	52.6	59.4	66.7	59.3	69.7	47.4	52.1	52.7	53.2
Not known	6.2	24.1	3.5	24.1	3.3	0	12.3	1.8	2.4	0	5.9	2.1	6.0	8.0
Total percent	100.1%	100.0%	100.0%	99.9%	100.0%	100.0%	100.1%	100.1%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	99.9%	100.0%
Total number	341	58	398	58	369	76	416	114	167	33	152	48	1843	387

Notes:

Prior record is defined as the presence of past guilty findings in the youth’s history.
The disproportionate numbers of “not knowns” in the “YCJA sample” columns ( Halifax and Toronto/Scarborough) and in the “YOA sample” column in Edmonton prevent valid pre-/post comparisons.

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