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

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• Summary of Main Findings
  
  
• Introduction
  • 1. Data
  • 2. Analysis
  • 3. Caveats
    
    
• Characteristics of the Case
  • 1. Social Characteristics
  • 2. Prior Record
  • 3. Number of Current Charges
  • 4. Types of Current Charges
    
    
• Pre-trial Detention
  • 1. Police Detention at Arrest
    • Number of Conditions on Police Undertakings
    • Police Detention Controlling for Legal Factors
      
      
  • 2. Detention by the Youth Court
    • Conditions of Release on Bail
    • Youth Court Detention Decisions Controlling for Legal Factors
      
      
  • 3. Number of Days Detained
  • 4. Seriousness of Charges Involved in Cases Detained by Police and the Court
    
    
• Current Findings of Guilt
  • 1. No Finding of Guilt on Any Charge
  • 2. Factors Affecting Guilty Findings
  • 3. Not Guilty Pleas
    
    
• Sentencing
  • 1. All Sentences
    • Number of Current Charges
      
      
  • 2. Custody
    • Charges that Resulted in Custody and DCSO: Offence Profiles of Custody Cases
    • Sentenced Cases (Community vs. DCSO/Custody) Controlling for the Offence
    • The Number of Current Charges in Custody/DCSO cases
    • Sentenced Cases (Community vs. DCSO/Custody) Controlling for Prior Record
      
      
  • 3. Probation
    • Probation Conditions
    • Breaches of Probation
      
      
  • 5. Probation and Custody Sentences
    
    
• Factors Affecting Custodial Sentences
• Research Questions: Comparing Early Monitoring (2003) Data to Baseline (1999-2000) Data