Description for chart 5
Cases completed in youth court, by selected type of decision, Canada, 2011/2012

The title of the graph is "Chart 5 Cases completed in youth court, by selected type of decision, Canada, 2011/2012."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 21 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 80 with ticks every 10 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percent of total cases."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1991/1992 to 2011/2012.
The title of series 1 is " Guilty1."
The minimum value is 56.5 occurring in 2010/2011 and 2011/2012.
The maximum value is 69.8 occurring in 1998/1999.
The title of series 2 is " Stayed, withdrawn, dismissed or discharged2."
The minimum value is 28.4 occurring in 1998/1999.
The maximum value is 41.7 occurring in 2010/2011.
There is a line at year 2003/2004 indicating that on April 1, 2003 the YCJA came into effect.

Data table for chart 5
  Guilty1 Stayed, withdrawn, dismissed or discharged2
1991/1992 65.3 33.0
1992/1993 68.3 29.9
1993/1994 68.7 29.5
1994/1995 68.6 29.4
1995/1996 66.7 31.5
1996/1997 68.4 29.7
1997/1998 67.9 30.3
1998/1999 69.8 28.4
1999/2000 69.0 29.2
2000/2001 67.4 30.7
2001/2002 65.8 32.4
2002/2003 64.5 33.8
2003/2004 61.4 36.8
2004/2005 62.3 35.6
2005/2006 62.0 35.9
2006/2007 60.8 37.3
2007/2008 59.9 38.3
2008/2009 59.1 39.1
2009/2010 57.7 40.3
2010/2011 56.5 41.7
2011/2012 56.5 41.5
1.
Guilty findings include guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. This category also includes cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.
2.
Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures and restorative justice programs.
Note:
A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision.
Source:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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