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Table 8
Changes in seriousness from the first to the last recorded substantive incident, by birth cohort

  Escalation Stability De-escalation Total Total
percent number
1987 cohort
Indictable person ... 17.6 82.4 100.0 504
Hybrid person 6.6 39.4 54.0 100.0 2,991
Indictable property 20.5 20.1 59.4 100.0 1,450
Summary/hybrid property 33.2 47.5 19.2 100.0 6,314
Indictable other 49.2 17.2 33.6 100.0 244
Summary/hybrid other 69.9 30.1 ... 100.0 1,628
Total percent 29.3 38.8 31.9 100.0 13,131
Total number 3,852 5,092 4,187 13,131 ...
1990 cohort
Indictable person ... 18.7 81.3 100.0 114
Hybrid person 3.3 46.3 50.3 100.0 1,237
Indictable property 26.2 20.3 53.5 100.0 496
Summary/hybrid property 32.4 55.8 11.9 100.0 2,385
Indictable other 63.7 10.3 26.0 100.0 62
Summary/hybrid other 70.7 29.3 ... 100.0 373
Total percent 26.7 45.9 27.4 100.0 4,669
Total number 1,247 2,141 1,280 4,669 ...
Note: Includes offenders with 2 or more substantive incidents only.
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-Based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey, Linked 11-year data file.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, The development of police-reported delinquency among Canadian youth born in 1987 and 1990, Catalogue no. 85-561-MWE2007009.