Table 4
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2010/2011

Table 4
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2010/2011
Type of offenceNote 1 GuiltyNote 2 Acquitted Stay/
WithdrawnNote 3		 OtherNote 4 Total casesNote 5
number % number % number % number % number %
Violent offences 8,073 57 361 3 5,567 40 83 1 14,084 100
Homicide 24 55 0 0 17 39 3 7 44 100
Attempted murder 9 38 2 8 12 50 1 4 24 100
Robbery 1,504 59 45 2 1,007 39 6 0 2,562 100
Sexual assault 515 54 57 6 375 39 6 1 953 100
Other sexual offencesNote 6 255 76 14 4 64 19 3 1 336 100
Major assaultNote 7 2,059 62 94 3 1,134 34 23 1 3,310 100
Common assault 2,290 55 58 1 1,812 43 23 1 4,183 100
Uttering threats 1,159 54 64 3 899 42 13 1 2,135 100
Criminal harassment 88 45 7 4 99 51 2 1 196 100
Other violent offences 170 50 20 6 148 43 3 1 341 100
Property offences 9,784 48 115 1 10,216 51 79 0 20,194 100
TheftNote 8 3,473 44 30 0 4,300 55 29 0 7,832 100
Break and enter 2,738 63 28 1 1,547 36 18 0 4,331 100
Fraud 339 54 1 0 286 45 5 1 631 100
Mischief 1,686 45 22 1 2,000 54 8 0 3,716 100
Possess stolen property 1,260 40 27 1 1,810 58 16 1 3,113 100
Other property crimes 288 50 7 1 273 48 3 1 571 100
Administration of justice offences 3,615 64 31 1 1,933 34 56 1 5,635 100
Fail to appear 126 42 2 1 172 57 1 0 301 100
Breach of probation 116 66 0 0 58 33 1 1 175 100
Unlawfully at large 379 90 0 0 44 10 0 0 423 100
Fail to comply with order 2,240 61 19 1 1,384 37 53 1 3,696 100
Other administration of justice offences 754 73 10 1 275 26 1 0 1,040 100
Other Criminal Code offences 1,512 57 28 1 1,103 41 25 1 2,668 100
Weapons offences 1,044 58 16 1 743 41 10 1 1,813 100
Prostitution 6 43 0 0 8 57 0 0 14 100
Disturb the peace 73 45 1 1 90 55 0 0 164 100
Residual Criminal Code 389 57 11 2 262 39 15 2 677 100
Total Criminal Code offences
(excluding traffic)		 22,984 54 535 1 18,819 44 243 1 42,581 100
Criminal Code traffic offences 769 82 19 2 152 16 3 0 943 100
Impaired driving 482 86 14 3 62 11 0 0 558 100
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 287 75 5 1 90 23 3 1 385 100
Total Criminal Code offences
(including traffic)		 23,753 55 554 1 18,971 44 246 1 43,524 100
Other federal statute offences 6,155 66 66 1 3,105 33 54 1 9,380 100
Drug possession 876 34 12 0 1,653 65 10 0 2,551 100
Other drug offencesNote 9 673 56 33 3 491 41 12 1 1,209 100
Youth Criminal Justice Act 4,572 82 21 0 944 17 29 1 5,566 100
Other federal statutes 34 63 0 0 17 31 3 6 54 100
Total offences 29,908 57 620 1 22,076 42 300 1 52,904 100
1. Cases that involve more than one charge are counted according to the most serious offence rule.
2. Guilty findings include guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. This category also includes cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.
3. Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures and restorative justice programs.
4. Includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible, waived in province/territory, and waived out of province/territory. This category also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases which raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial.
5. 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.
6. Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, child pornography, luring a child via a computer and sexual exploitation.
7. Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3).
8. Includes, for example, theft over and under $5,000 as well as taking a motor vehicle without consent.
9. Includes drug trafficking, exportation and importation, and production.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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