Table 5
Elapsed time to complete a case in youth court, by type of offence, Canada, 2008/2009
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| Offence category | Elapsed time (in days) from first to last court appearance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total cases | Mean1 | Median1 | |
| number | days | ||
| Crimes against the person | |||
|
Homicide
|
59 | 381 | 392 |
|
Attempted murder
|
17 | 306 | 295 |
|
Robbery
|
2,723 | 235 | 188 |
|
Sexual assault
|
947 | 294 | 254 |
|
Other sexual offences
|
318 | 242 | 192 |
|
Major assault
|
3,688 | 212 | 176 |
|
Common assault
|
4,746 | 174 | 135 |
|
Uttering threats
|
2,444 | 168 | 141 |
|
Criminal harassment
|
146 | 218 | 159 |
|
Other crimes against persons
|
369 | 244 | 182 |
|
Total
|
15,457 | 205 | 162 |
| Crimes against property | |||
|
Theft
|
8,182 | 157 | 106 |
|
Break and enter
|
4,799 | 184 | 134 |
|
Fraud
|
805 | 206 | 124 |
|
Mischief
|
4,304 | 152 | 120 |
|
Possess stolen property
|
3,226 | 186 | 120 |
|
Other property crimes
|
685 | 195 | 144 |
|
Total
|
22,001 | 169 | 120 |
| Administration of justice offences | |||
|
Fail to appear
|
324 | 182 | 88 |
|
Breach of probation
|
188 | 163 | 93 |
|
Unlawfully at large
|
524 | 60 | 13 |
|
Fail to comply with order
|
4,135 | 143 | 89 |
|
Other administration of justice offences
|
1,113 | 152 | 85 |
|
Total
|
6,284 | 140 | 81 |
| Other Criminal Code offences | |||
|
Weapons offences
|
2,055 | 187 | 149 |
|
Prostitution
|
16 | 913 | 180 |
|
Disturb the peace
|
231 | 143 | 106 |
|
Other offences
|
719 | 181 | 125 |
|
Total
|
3,021 | 186 | 141 |
| Total Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) | 46,763 | 178 | 127 |
| Criminal Code traffic offences | |||
|
Impaired driving
|
610 | 117 | 64 |
|
Other Criminal Code traffic offences
|
517 | 175 | 122 |
|
Total
|
1,127 | 143 | 92 |
| Total Criminal Code offences (including traffic) | 47,890 | 177 | 127 |
| Other federal statute offences | |||
|
Drug possession
|
2,912 | 110 | 85 |
|
Drug trafficking
|
1,444 | 182 | 145 |
|
Youth Criminal Justice Act
|
5,880 | 97 | 46 |
|
Other federal statutes
|
253 | 159 | 47 |
|
Total
|
10,489 | 114 | 65 |
| Total offences | 58,379 | 166 | 119 |
|
1. The mean is the average value of the number of days for all cases from the first to last court appearance. The median represents the midpoint in the sorted dataset, where exactly half the dataset are above and half below the midpoint. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey. |
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