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

Figure A.9.e Description

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Figure A.9.e shows the proportion of chargeable young persons who were charged, by quarter, for British Columbia, from 2001 to 2003.

• January to March

  • 2001 40.4%
  • 2002 38.4%
  • 2003 35.9%

• April to June

  • 2001 38.2%
  • 2002 36.8%
  • 2003 28.0%

• July to September

  • 2001 37.2%
  • 2002 37.1%
  • 2003 29.4%

• October to December

  • 2001 36.2%
  • 2002 36.9%
  • 2003 31.2%

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