Description for chart 17
Youth accused of crime, by clearance status, Canada, 2002 to 2012

The title of the graph is "Chart 17 Youth accused of crime, by clearance status, Canada, 2002 to 2012."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 11 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 6,000 with ticks every 1,000 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per 100,000 youth."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 2002 to 2012.
The title of series 1 is " Youth charged."
The minimum value is 2,292 occurring in 2012.
The maximum value is 3,904 occurring in 2002.
The title of series 2 is " Youth not charged."
The minimum value is 2,932 occurring in 2012.
The maximum value is 4,030 occurring in 2003.

Data table for chart 17
  Youth charged Youth not charged
2002 3,904 3,041
2003 3,250 4,030
2004 3,004 3,955
2005 2,860 3,736
2006 2,813 3,998
2007 2,892 3,891
2008 2,786 3,792
2009 2,761 3,833
2010 2,610 3,578
2011 2,394 3,205
2012 2,292 2,932
Note(s):
Youth not charged includes youth diverted from the formal criminal justice system through the use of warnings, cautions, and referrals to community programs.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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