Pre-Trial Detention Under the Young Offenders Act: A Study of Urban Courts

**TABLE 2.7 - AVERAGE AND MEDIAN DAYS DETAINED, BY FORM OF RELEASE, BY COURT LOCATION**
	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.	Mean	Med.
	Hal-Dart		Tor		Scar		Wpg		Edm		Van		Surre		Total sample
Detained by the court until case over	45	26	40	22	32	28	51	34	18	9	34	17	20	6	36	21
Released by the court:	2	1	5	2	8	2	5	3	4	1	2	1	2	1	4	1
To a responsible person	2	2	na	na	na	na	na	na	9	3	5	3	2	1	6	2
Undertaking to appear	2	1	10	2	10	11	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	1
Recognizance	1	1	4	2	4	2	4	2	4	0	8	8	2	2	4	1
Released, not known how	0.7	1	1	1	42	42	3.5	3.5	0.6	1	na	na	0	0	4	1
Other e.g., already in detention or custody	na	na	6	5	42	13	9	6	na	na	na	na	na	na	18	7
Anova (means): F=38.81 p<.001
Total mean/median days by court	15	1	22	4	18	7	22	5	9	2	12	1	7	1	16	3
Total number of cases	89		134		78		17		145		134		51		807
Anova (means): F=3.41 p=.< 01

Notes:

na=not applicable; no cases in the category.
The mean is the arithmetic mean or average while the median is the midpoint of the distribution (i.e., one-half of the cases fall above this point and one-half fall below).

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