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

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Table 22: The Percentage of Sentenced Cases Receiving DCSO/Custody by Seriousness of the Offence, before and after the YCJA, by Court Location

(a) Any indictable current offence

	Halifax		Toronto & Scarborough		Winnipeg		Edmonton		Vancouver & Surrey		Total
% of DCSO/custody cases:	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample
1+ indictable current offence	53.4%	48.3%	52.4%	42.3%	39.8%	39.4%	50.0%	34.8%	51.1%*	29.4%*	49.3%*	38.3%*
Total number of indictable cases	88	29	105	26	98	71	88	46	90	34	469	206

(b) Any offence against the person (violent) current offence

	Halifax		Toronto & Scarborough		Winnipeg		Edmonton		Vancouver & Surrey		Total
% of DCSO/custody cases:	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample	YOA sample	YCJA sample
1+ violent current offence (indictable or hybrid)	37.5%*	15.2%*	37.6%	27.8%	35.6%	31.7%	35.6%	32.4%	34.4%*	13.3%*	36.2%*	24.8%*
Total number of violent cases	96	33	109	36	73	63	90	37	93	45	461	214

Note:

* Shaded pairs are statistically significant at p<.05, according to the chi-square statistic.

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