NCJ Number
91689
Date Published
1983
Length
50 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes the results for 1981 of a survey of Canadian juvenile courts empowered to adjudicate charges of delinquency.
Abstract
Its main focus is on interprovincial comparisons of overall counts and rates of delinquency adjudicated by the courts. Data on types of charges, the nature of the adjudications, and the dispositions of sentences given by the juvenile courts are also presented. The total number of charges reported for 1981 was 122,796. Maps, tables, and footnotes are provided. Additional tabulations are appended.