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

**Table 2: The Number of Instant Charges before and after the *YCJA*, by Court Location**
	Halifax		Toronto & Scarborough		Winnipeg		Edmonton		Vancouver & Surrey		Total
	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample
	Average and median number of charges
Mean	3.7	3.5	3.3	2.7	5.2	4.8	4.4*	5.4*	3.0*	2.4*	3.9	4.0
Median	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
Total number of cases	341	58	398	58	369	76	416	114	319	81	1843	387
F value, p value	2.96, n.s.		2.14, n.s.		0.53, n.s.		7.75, p<.007		4.27, p<.04		0.31, n.s.

Notes:

* In this and subsequent tables, the shaded pairs are statistically significant at p< .05 or less. In this case, the before and after Act means are significantly different according to the F value of the t-test (difference in means).
n.s. = not statistically significant.
“Instant” charges are the number of charges in the matter that brought the youth into the sample.