Table 7
Percentage of cases resulting in guilt in youth courts, by type of offence, Canada, 2008/2009
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Offence category | 1991/ 1992 | 1998/ 1999 | 2002/ 2003 | 2003/ 2004 | 2008/ 2009 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
percentage of cases resulting in guilt | |||||
Crimes against the person | |||||
Homicide
|
55 | 49 | 48 | 51 | 53 |
Attempted murder
|
71 | 42 | 40 | 36 | 35 |
Robbery
|
67 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 61 |
Sexual assault
|
62 | 60 | 57 | 53 | 56 |
Other sexual offences
|
71 | 67 | 73 | 75 | 72 |
Major assault
|
68 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 64 |
Common assault
|
66 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 54 |
Uttering threats
|
55 | 63 | 61 | 57 | 57 |
Criminal harassment1
|
… | 54 | 61 | 54 | 50 |
Other crimes against persons
|
54 | 53 | 52 | 49 | 56 |
Total
|
65 | 67 | 65 | 59 | 58 |
Crimes against property | |||||
Theft
|
61 | 67 | 60 | 58 | 51 |
Break and enter
|
78 | 80 | 75 | 70 | 66 |
Fraud
|
65 | 72 | 68 | 65 | 54 |
Mischief
|
61 | 64 | 59 | 55 | 49 |
Possess stolen property
|
56 | 60 | 54 | 54 | 46 |
Other property crimes
|
56 | 60 | 61 | 50 | 54 |
Total
|
64 | 69 | 63 | 60 | 53 |
Administration of justice offences | |||||
Fail to appear
|
49 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 46 |
Breach of probation
|
51 | 60 | 49 | 58 | 63 |
Unlawfully at large
|
89 | 94 | 92 | 88 | 90 |
Fail to comply with order
|
53 | 63 | 62 | 59 | 63 |
Other administration of justice offences
|
72 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 73 |
Total
|
66 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 66 |
Other Criminal Code offences | |||||
Weapons offences
|
59 | 64 | 61 | 53 | 56 |
Prostitution
|
76 | 78 | 71 | 41 | 25 |
Disturb the peace
|
62 | 64 | 59 | 51 | 43 |
Other
|
68 | 72 | 62 | 65 | 62 |
Total
|
64 | 67 | 61 | 56 | 57 |
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) | 65 | 69 | 64 | 60 | 57 |
Criminal Code traffic offences | |||||
Impaired driving
|
84 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 85 |
Other Criminal Code traffic offences
|
68 | 79 | 75 | 77 | 74 |
Total
|
77 | 81 | 78 | 78 | 80 |
Total Criminal Code offences (including traffic) | 65 | 69 | 64 | 60 | 57 |
Other federal statute offences | |||||
Drug possession
|
65 | 61 | 44 | 33 | 38 |
Drug trafficking
|
73 | 77 | 67 | 64 | 58 |
Youth
Criminal Justice Act and Young Offenders Act
|
68 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 82 |
Other federal statutes
|
78 | 65 | 55 | 64 | 57 |
Total
|
69 | 75 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
Total offences | 65 | 70 | 65 | 61 | 59 |
1. Criminal harassment became an offence August 1, 1993. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey. |
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