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

**Table 3: Major Offence Categories before and after the YCJA, by Court Location**
	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
	% of cases involving each major offence category
Indictable person	7.0	5.2	11.6	12.1	8.1	10.9	4.8	0.9	4.7	3.7	7.3	5.7
Indictable property	19.4	15.5	19.1	13.8	20.1	28.9	12.3	13.2	18.2	11.1	17.6	16.3
Indictable weapons & drugs	2.9	6.9	6.5	3.4	0.5	2.6	3.6	0.9	4.4	2.5	3.6	2.8
Hybrid person	25.8	29.3	33.7	36.2	22.5	15.8	17.8*	7.9*	27.6	23.5	25.3*	20.2*
Hybrid/summary property	46.6	34.5	28.4	29.3	33.6	35.5	39.4*	27.2*	36.7*	16.0*	36.7*	27.9*
Hybrid/summary weapons & drugs	9.7	8.6	19.1	19.0	7.0	13.2	7.2	3.5	7.5	13.6	10.3	10.6
Probation breach	17.6*	34.5*	8.5	5.2	13.3	13.2	18.3	20.2	17.6*	40.7*	14.9*	23.0*
Other administration of justice	10.3*	22.4*	15.6*	25.9*	24.1	15.8	18.8*	40.0*	4.7	4.9	15.1*	23.3*
Other charge type (victimless)	4.4	6.9	11.1	15.5	16.5*	5.3*	16.6	12.3	3.1	3.7	10.8	8.8
Total number on which percentages are based	341	58	398	58	369	76	416	114	319	81	1843	387

Notes:

* Shaded pairs are statistically significant at p<.05, according to the chi-square statistic.
All current instant charges (the charges that brought the young person into the sample) are included.
The percentages do not add up to 100% because most cases have more than one charge. The table is to be interpreted as, for example, in Halifax, 47 percent of cases involved one or more hybrid or summary offence against the rights of property before the new legislation, compared to 35 percent after the Act.