Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics (CCJCSS) at Statistics Canada whose data this paper relies on.

Appreciation is also given to the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Coordinating Committee of Senior Officials–Youth Justice, Justice Canada colleagues—namely Lysiane Paquin-Marseille, Moises Rodriguez, Charbel Saghbini, Nadine Badets, Chloe Perreault, Lise-Anne Wheeler and Sebastien April—as well as a number of subject matter experts at CCJCSS who shared their expertise and guidance by reviewing this report.