The Use of Custody under the Youth Criminal Justice Act

Youth Justice Policy, Department of Justice, Canada
1 October 2005

by

Anthony N. Doob
Centre of Criminology
University of Toronto

and

Jane B. Sprott
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Guelph

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 1-10-2005

The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors alone, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Justice Canada.

The analysis in this document is based, in part, on data from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics or the data providers.