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Cases in youth criminal court
| Canada |
2002 |
| Youth cases heard |
Total all decisions |
Guilty |
Acquitted |
Stay1 |
Other2 |
| |
number of cases |
| Total cases |
84,592 |
50,433 |
1,098 |
32,772 |
289 |
| Total Criminal Code |
66,984 |
39,548 |
953 |
26,242 |
241 |
| Crimes of violence |
22,462 |
13,946 |
540 |
7,889 |
87 |
| Homicide |
44 |
19 |
0 |
23 |
2 |
| Attempted murder |
43 |
14 |
3 |
25 |
1 |
| Robbery |
43 |
14 |
3 |
25 |
1 |
| Sexual assault |
1,115 |
658 |
52 |
392 |
13 |
| Other sexual offences |
566 |
258 |
31 |
268 |
9 |
| Major assaults |
4,935 |
3,113 |
125 |
1,676 |
21 |
| Common assaults |
8,968 |
5,916 |
124 |
2,914 |
14 |
| Uttering threats |
3,244 |
1,829 |
105 |
1,300 |
10 |
| Criminal harassment |
208 |
121 |
11 |
76 |
0 |
| Other crimes of violence |
407 |
185 |
23 |
197 |
2 |
| Property crimes |
32,465 |
18,863 |
299 |
13,186 |
117 |
| Theft |
12,913 |
7,352 |
71 |
5,441 |
49 |
| Breaking and entering |
7,415 |
5,210 |
79 |
2,094 |
32 |
| Fraud |
1,411 |
866 |
10 |
529 |
6 |
| Mischief |
4,247 |
2,231 |
58 |
1,950 |
8 |
| Possession of stolen goods |
6,039 |
2,948 |
71 |
3,002 |
18 |
| Other property crimes |
440 |
256 |
10 |
170 |
4 |
| Administration of justice |
7,790 |
4,444 |
49 |
3,271 |
26 |
| Other Criminal Code offences |
4,267 |
2,295 |
65 |
1,896 |
11 |
| Criminal Code offences (traffic offences) |
1,225 |
833 |
33 |
357 |
2 |
| Impaired driving |
658 |
494 |
23 |
139 |
2 |
| Other Criminal Code traffic offences |
567 |
339 |
10 |
218 |
0 |
| Other federal statutes |
16,383 |
10,052 |
112 |
6,173 |
46 |
| Drug possession |
4,137 |
1,764 |
25 |
2,336 |
12 |
| Drug trafficking |
1,770 |
1,081 |
35 |
647 |
7 |
| Young Offenders Act |
10,325 |
7,110 |
49 |
3,139 |
27 |
| Residual federal statutes |
151 |
97 |
3 |
51 |
0 |
1. Includes withdrawn or dismissed cases.
2. Includes transferred to adult court. |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0030 and product no. 85-002-XIE. |
| Last modified: 2004-03-12. |
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