Citation

Carrington PJ. Can. J. Criminol. 1998; 40(2): 153-164.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Canadian Criminal Justice Association)

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Abstract

This paper uses data for Ontario and Saskatchewan to test the hypothesis proposed by Carrington and Moyer (1994) that the reduction in police diversion of young offenders in Canada during the first 5 years of the Young Offenders Act - that is, the increase in the proportion of apprehended young offenders who were charged - was due to higher proportions charged among the 16- and 17-year-olds added to the jurisdiction of the youth justice system in the majority of provinces and territories. Analysis of age-specific data on charging of young offenders in these two provinces in 1995 suggests that the addition of 16- and 17-year-olds accounts for about half of the observed increase in police charging of young offenders after 1984, and that the other half is due to increased charging of 12- to 15-year-olds. (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
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Early Adolescence
Late Adolescence
Offender Prosecution
Juvenile Justice System
Juvenile Arrest
Juvenile Crime
Juvenile Offender
Crime Intervention
Police Intervention
Offender Arrest
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