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

Figure A.3.e Description

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Figure A.3.e shows the proportion of chargeable young persons who were charged, by quarter, for Nova Scotia from 2001 to 2003.

• January to March

  • 2001 48.2%
  • 2002 46.7%
  • 2003 43.0%
    

• April to June

  • 2001 41.7%
  • 2002 43.9%
  • 2003 34.2%

• July to September

  • 2001 48.9%
  • 2002 47.4%
  • 2003 33.6%

• October to December

  • 2001 50.4%
  • 2002 45.2%
  • 2003 34.9%

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