The Impact of the Youth Criminal Justice Act on Police Charging Practices with Young Persons: A Preliminary Statistical Assessment

Figure 20 c Description

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Figure 20c shows the per capita rates of young persons per 100,000 of the youth population who were charged with offences against the person except level 1 assault, by quarter, for Canada from 2001 to 2003.

Note: the quarterly rates are annualized by multiplying by 4. Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. See Appendix Table A.6.