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

**Table 6: Type of Release by Police at Arrest before and after the YCJA, by Court Location**
Mode of police release:	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
Appearance notice	26.7	13.5	20.1	25.0	24.0	23.3	51.0	24.0	12.7	0	29.3	18.0
Summons	33.3	10.8	6.0	6.3	19.7	3.3	16.2	10.0	27.8	20.7	20.6	10.1
Promise to appear	7.5	27.0	26.1	9.4	21.3	33.3	10.9	32.0	23.8	31.0	16.5	27.0
Recognizance	0	10.8	0.5	0	0.5	3.3	0	4.0	11.1	6.9	1.6	5.1
Police undertaking	18.3	35.1	45.7	59.4	29.5	30.0	15.8	14.0	14.3	34.5	24.4	32.6
Released, not known how	14.2	2.7	1.6	0	4.9	6.7	6.1	16.0	10.3	6.9	7.6	7.3
Total percent	100.0%	99.9%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Total number of released cases	240	37	184	32	183	30	247	50	126	29	980	178
Chi-square, df=5, p value	53.36, p<0,001		5.31, n.s.		7.87, n.s.		35.59, p<0,01		10.63, n.s.		36.92, p<0,001

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