Crime and Violence Statistics:
Youth Violence

Youth violent crime:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/IPS/Data/85-002-XPE1999013.htm/a>

Youths and adults charged by type of offence, provinces and territories

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/legal17a.htm

Victims and persons accused of homicide, by age and sex
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/legal10a.htm

Multiple-risk behavior in teenagers and young adults:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/981029/d981029.htm#ART1

National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/981028/d981028.htm#ART1

Cases heard by youth courts with guilty findings, by most significant sentence
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/legal25b.htm

Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics Profile Series: Children & Youth in Canada
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85F0033MIE/free.htm

You also may find the following references useful:

Factors Affecting Police Diversion of Young Offenders: A Statistical Analysis (1998)
http://www.sgc.gc.ca/Publications/Policing/199802_e.pdf

Female Young Offenders in Canada : Recent Trends:
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/rsrch/briefs/b18/b18e_e.shtml

Male Young Offenders in Canada, Corrections Canada:
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/rsrch/briefs/b22/b22e_e.shtml

 

For Violence in School  see:
(NB: many of the following references are old but still represent the most current studies available):

The Mental Health and Well-Being of Ontario Students, 1991-2001


(Survey of Grade 7 to OAC students in Ontario. Includes violence & bullying)

School Violence and the Zero Tolerance Alternative
http://www.sgc.gc.ca/Publications/Policing/199567_e.pdf

Also see:

Police Perceptions of Current Responses to Youth Crime
http://www.sgc.gc.ca/Publications/Policing/199456_e.asp

A Police Reference Manual on Youth and Violence
http://www.sgc.gc.ca/Publications/Policing/199455_e.pdf

The Anti-Violence Community School: A Police/School Partnership Model
http://www.sgc.gc.ca/Publications/Policing/199404_e.asp

Finally look at the following article:

Violence in the Classroom: An Investigative Look At High School Bad Boys
http://webhome.idirect.com/~jhgreen/bully.html

Bullying: Who are the Players?
http://www.cfc-efc.ca/docs/fscan/00000198.htm


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