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Trends Within Self- Reported Youth Delinquency By: Grace Dixon

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Page 1: Trends Within Youth Delinquency

Trends Within Self-Reported Youth

Delinquency

By: Grace Dixon

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Juvenile delinquency is behavior on the part of children which may, under the law, subject those children to the juvenile court.

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HypothesisThe thought process behind this

particular assignment was focused on determining whether family situation has a strong influence on whether the youth is more likely to become a delinquent. (ex. Whether blended families or perhaps youth with single parents affect the probability of the youth involving themselves in delinquent behavior…)

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One Variable Analysis: Violent Behavior and Age of

Onset

Under 10

10 11 12 13 14 15+0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Violent Behaviour

Snatching a purse or some-thing from a person

Carrying a weapon (chain, stick, knife…)

Threatening someone to get something

Participating in a public fight

Intentionally hurting some-one to the point of them hav-ing to see a doctor

Age

Amou

nt

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Twelv

e

Thirt

een

Fourte

en

Fiftee

n

Sixtee

n

Seve

nteen

146000

148000

150000

152000

154000

156000

Population of Youth in Canada

Population

Age

Amou

nt

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Get along well with their mother

Did not get along with their mother

Get along well with their father

Did not get along with their father

05

10152025303540

19

36

18

35

Percentage of Self-Reported Youth Delinquents and Their

Home Relationships

Home Relationships

Perc

enta

ge o

f Sel

f-Re

port

ed Y

outh

D

elin

quen

ts

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0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.50

500

1000

1500

2000

2500R² = 0.996810166024715

Damaging something intentionallyStealing something from a storePower (Stealing something from a store)Setting fire to property

Grade(1=7, 2=8, 3=9, 4=10, 5=11, 6=12)

Am

ount

of S

urve

yed

Del

inqu

ents

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Victimization for Canadian Youth

040008000

1200016000

Victimization Compared with Gender

FemaleMale

Types of Victimization

Amou

nt

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Violent Offences

Property Offences

Administration of Justice Offences

Other Criminal Code Offenses (weapons offenses, "disturbing the peace")

Comparing Youth Crime Cases in Canada (09/10 - 10/11)

Cases 2010/2011Cases 2009/2010

Amount of Cases

Type

s of O

ffens

es

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1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-000

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

R² = 0.726291577397367

R² = 0.825370358912641

R² = 0.930584159774256

Time Analysis of Youth in Court

# of ChargesLinear (# of Charges)# of CasesLinear (# of Cases)# of PersonsLinear (# of Persons)

Year

Amou

nt

# of Charges # of Cases # of Persons

Mean 205680.75 Mean 107418.5 Mean 64311.75Median 205911.5 Median 108365 Median 64963Mode - Mode - Mode -Standard Deviation 5521.4671 Standard Deviation 4011.537153 Standard Deviation 3107.3492Kurtosis -2.4320209 Kurtosis -0.405694856 Kurtosis -1.5072081Skewness -0.1712518 Skewness -0.971605477 Skewness -0.7736358Range 12398 Range 8822 Range 6715Minimum 199251 Minimum 102061 Minimum 60303Maximum 211649 Maximum 110883 Maximum 67018Sum 822723 Sum 429674 Sum 257247Count 4 Count 4 Count 4

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Guilty Not Guilty Dismissed

Mean 9602.429 Mean 154.1429 Mean 334.1429Median 10045 Median 148 Median 335Mode #N/A Mode #N/A Mode #N/AStandard Deviation 7399.869 Standard Deviation 122.6872 Standard Deviation 243.6154Kurtosis -2.05701 Kurtosis -1.57256 Kurtosis -1.52689Skewness -0.14709 Skewness 0.217234 Skewness -0.02468Range 17948 Range 320 Range 651Minimum 17 Minimum 1 Minimum 1Maximum 17965 Maximum 321 Maximum 652Sum 67217 Sum 1079 Sum 2339Count 7 Count 7 Count 7

Less t

han Tw

elve

Twelv

e

Thirt

een

Fourte

en

Fiftee

n

Sixtee

n

Seve

nteen

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

18000

20000

Cases and Rulings (2000, All of Canada)

GuiltyNot GuiltyDismissed

Age

Am

ount

of C

ases

/Rul

ings

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