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

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Figure 6 shows the proportion of chargeable young persons who were charged with criminal offences, by quarter, for Canada from 2001 to 2003.

• January to March

  • 2001 58.7%
  • 2002 58.5%
  • 2003 54.2%

• April to June

  • 2001 55.8%
  • 2002 55.7%
  • 2003 40.8%

• July to September

  • 2001 58.4%
  • 2002 57.3%
  • 2003 44.2%

• October to December

  • 2001 57.1%
  • 2002 54.7%
  • 2003 44.6%

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. See Appendix Table A.5.