Pre-Trial Detention Under the Young Offenders Act: A Study of Urban Courts
| Hal-Dart | Tor & Scar | Wpg | Edm | Van | Surrey | Total sample | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-legal (social) factors | |||||||
| Being female | |||||||
| Age | * | * | |||||
| Race (black or Aboriginal) | ** | na | |||||
| Socio-legal factors | |||||||
| Living outside family setting | *** | ** | *** | ||||
| Legal factors | |||||||
| Seriousness or type of current charges | *** | * | *** | *** | * | *** | |
| Number of current charges | *** | *** | * | ** | *** | ||
| Prior convictions | *** | ** | *** | ||||
| Bail history or prior custody sentence | *** | ||||||
| Currently involved with youth justice system (on probation etc.) | *** | * | |||||
| Current bail violation | *** | ||||||
| Warrant at arrest | ** | * | na | na | *** | ||
| Presence or number of outstanding charges | *** | na | *** | ||||
| Estimate of variance explained by each model (Nagelkerke r2) | .48 | .52 | .25 | .41 | .33 | .16 | .33 |
Notes:
- *** p<.001, **p<.01, *p<.05. If the cell is blank, then the factor was not statistically associated with the decision.
- na = not applicable. The variable was not included in the model because of missing data.
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