Citation

Doob AN, Sprott JB. Can. J. Criminol. 1998; 40(2): 185-200.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Canadian Criminal Justice Association)

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Abstract

This paper examines the assertion that the "quality" of youth violence is getting worse in that violent acts are becoming "more" violent. No evidence is found to support such and assertion. Across Canada, in the five years ending in 1995-6, the increase in the rate of violent cases in youth court is due to an increase in the number of the most minor assaults. There is no increase in the rate at which the more serious assaults are being brought to court. For girls the data are essentially the same: large increases in minor assaults and no increase in the most serious assaults. In general, as one would expect, girls are less involved than boys in all levels of assault, particularly the more serious forms. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Canadian Journal of Criminology, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by the Canadian Criminal Justice Association; the University of Toronto Press)

Canada
Foreign Countries
Juvenile Justice System
Juvenile Female
Juvenile Male
Juvenile Violence
Juvenile Offender
Violence Incidence and Prevalence
Violence Severity
Female Offender
Female Violence
Male Violence
Male Offender
Gender Differences
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