Data table for chart 2
Ten most common cases completed in youth court, Canada, 2010/2011
| Type of case | percentage of total cases |
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| Drug possession | 5 |
| Robbery | 5 |
| Possess stolen property | 6 |
| Major assaultNote 3 | 6 |
| Fail to comply with order | 7 |
| Mischief | 7 |
| Common assault | 8 |
| Break and enter | 8 |
| Youth Criminal Justice Act2 | 11 |
| TheftNote 1 | 15 |
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1. Includes, for example, theft over and under $5,000 as well as taking a motor vehicle without consent. 2. Includes the offences of inducing a young person, failure to comply with a sentence or disposition, publishing the identity of offenders, victims or witnesses and failure to comply with a designated place of temporary detention. 3. Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3). Note: A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final disposition. Cases that involve more than one charge are counted according to the most serious offence. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey. |
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