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

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Appendix (Continued)

Supplementary Figures and Tables

(a) Chargeable - Rate per 100,000 youth population
  Drugs Theft   under Mischief under Mischief under Possess stolen property Other Criminal Code (victimless) Indictable property Violent (except Assault level 1) Bail violations and Fail to appear Fraud Probation violations
January-March
2001		 604 1,564 601 885 245 2,224 954 556 427 124 228
2002 645 1,534 627 818 242 2,103 915 524 422 112 236
2003 597 1,663 654 888 250 2,231 876 570 454 113 307
2002-2003 change -47 129 27 69 8 128 -40 46 31 1 72
-7.3% 8.4% 4.2% 8.5% 3.4% 6.1% -4.3% 8.9% 7.4% 0.6% 30.4%
April-June
2001		 679 1,710 878 989 275 2,810 1,055 640 501 134 300
2002 744 1,722 808 975 274 2,640 949 642 486 110 307
2003 674 1,975 1,039 1,021 267 2,879 973 630 481 114 312
2002-2003 change -71 253 231 47 -6 238 24 -13 -5 4 5
-9.5% 14.7% 28.6% 4.8% -2.3% 9.0% 2.5% -1.9% -1.0% 3.9% 1.6%
July-September
2001		 627 1,577 826 777 278 2,639 1,078 562 507 121 255
2002 621 1,556 817 795 283 2,570 995 561 503 104 315
2003 474 1,681 979 827 290 2,803 1,090 545 487 98 293
2002-2003 change -147 124 161 32 8 233 96 -16 -15 -6 -22
-23.7% 8.0% 19.7% 4.0% 2.8% 9.1% 9.6% -2.9% -3.1% -5.9% -7.0%
October-December
2001		 828 1,831 842 971 230 2,577 1,104 608 487 124 231
2002 721 1,884 876 971 282 2,601 1,035 576 472 115 326
2003 770 1,768 955 960 294 2,664 1,036 597 479 106 265
2002-2003 change 49 -116 79 -11 12 62 2 21 7 -9 -61
6.7% -6.2% 9.0% -1.1% 4.1% 2.4% 0.2% 3.7% 1.4% -7.9% -18.7%
April-December
2002-2003 change		 -56 87 157 23 4 178 40 -2 -4 -4 -26
-8.1% 5.1% 18.8% 2.5% 1.5% 6.8% 4.1% -0.4% -0.9% -3.3% -8.2%
(b) Charged (or recommended for charging) - Rate per 100,000 youth population
  Drugs Theft under Mischief under Mischief under Possess stolen property Other Criminal Code (victimless) Indictable property Violent (except Assault level 1) Bail violations and Fail to appear Fraud Probation violations
January-March
2001		 301 726 227 474 204 1,238 695 448 411 74 179
2002 329 716 230 432 207 1,152 655 417 401 69 197
2003 260 663 213 430 200 1,135 626 447 432 66 232
2002-2003 change -69 -54 -17 -3 -6 -17 -29 30 31 -3 35
-21.0% -7.5% -7.3% -0.6% -3.1% -1.5% -4.4% 7.2% 7.6% -3.8% 17.8%
April-June
2001		 336 757 290 486 233 1,450 730 509 481 83 209
2002 359 758 275 507 227 1,354 656 494 465 71 228
2003 202 423 196 364 181 1,125 589 471 442 50 198
2002-2003 change -157 -335 -79 -143 -46 -229 -66 -24 -23 -21 -30
-43.6% -44.2% -28.8% -28.2% -20.3% -16.9% -10.1% -4.8% -4.9% -29.3% -13.3%
July-September
2001		 323 744 275 433 239 1,398 763 451 487 74 198
2002 306 701 284 415 241 1,338 693 457 482 67 249
2003 166 397 199 324 204 1,140 703 410 453 48 190
2002-2003 change -140 -304 -85 -92 -37 -198 10 -47 -29 -19 -59
-45.8% -43.4% -29.9% -22.1% -15.5% -14.8% 1.4% -10.3% -6.0% -28.5% -23.7%
October-December
2001		 412 845 271 502 214 1,351 782 487 464 83 178
2002 358 782 273 504 228 1,295 721 450 451 66 247
2003 246 462 219 380 202 1,138 671 439 440 58 179
2002-2003 change -112 -320 -53 -124 -26 -157 -50 -11 -11 -8 -68
-31.2% -41.0% -19.6% -24.6% -11.3% -12.1% -7.0% -2.5% -2.4% -12.0% -27.4%
April-December
2002-2003 change		 -136 -320 -73 -119 -36 -195 -36 -27 -21 -16 -52
-40.0% -42.8% -26.2% -25.1% -15.7% -14.6% -5.1% -5.9% -4.5% -23.5% -21.7%
(c) Not charged - Rate per 100,000 youth population
  Drugs Theft   under Mischief under Mischief under Possess stolen property Other Criminal Code (victimless) Indictable property Violent (except Assault level 1) Bail violations and Fail to appear Fraud Probation violations
January-March
2001		 303 838 374 411 41 986 259 108 16 51 49
2002 316 818 397 386 35 951 260 106 21 44 39
2003 338 1,000 441 458 49 1,096 250 123 22 47 76
2002-2003 change 22 182 43 72 15 145 -11 16 1 3 37
6.9% 22.3% 10.9% 18.6% 42.1% 15.2% -4.1% 15.5% 4.0% 7.4% 93.7%
April-June
2001		 343 953 587 504 42 1,360 326 131 20 51 91
2002 386 964 532 468 46 1,287 294 148 21 39 79
2003 472 1,552 843 658 86 1,754 384 159 39 64 114
2002-2003 change 86 588 311 189 40 467 90 11 18 25 35
22.3% 61.0% 58.3% 40.5% 86.2% 36.3% 30.7% 7.5% 84.7% 64.7% 44.9%
July-September
2001		 304 833 551 345 39 1,241 315 112 20 47 56
2002 315 856 533 380 41 1,232 302 104 20 37 66
2003 308 1,284 779 504 87 1,664 388 135 34 50 103
2002-2003 change -7 428 246 124 45 431 86 31 14 13 37
-2.2% 50.1% 46.2% 32.7% 108.8% 35.0% 28.5% 30.0% 67.6% 35.8% 56.0%
October-December
2001		 416 986 571 469 16 1,226 321 121 23 41 53
2002 363 1,101 604 467 54 1,306 313 125 21 48 79
2003 524 1,306 736 580 92 1,525 365 158 38 47 86
2002-2003 change 161 204 132 113 37 219 52 33 17 -1 7
44.2% 18.6% 21.8% 24.2% 68.5% 16.8% 16.6% 26.1% 83.1% -2.2% 8.4%
April-December
2002-2003 change		 80 407 230 142 41 373 76 25 16 12 26
22.5% 41.8% 41.3% 32.4% 86.0% 29.2% 25.1% 19.9% 78.6% 30.0% 35.2%

Notes: see Notes to Table A.3.
Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics