Research in Brief - Criminal court case indicators related to the Jordan timelines, 2016/2017 to 2023/2024
Description
This research in brief summarizes the latest available data on three case time proxy indicators related to Jordan timelines (thereafter referred to as “Jordan proxies”) from Statistics Canada’s Integrated Criminal Courts Survey (ICCS). The ICCS collects information on appearances and charges in youth courts and adult criminal courts in Canada. The three Jordan proxies examined in this Research in Brief pertain to adult criminal courts only, and include:
* median case time, which is the median number of calendar days from first appearance to final decision for cases requiring more than seven days to resolve;
* percentage of total cases potentially at risk of exceeding the Jordan timelines, based on the elapsed time between the first appearance in court and the final decision for the most serious offence (MSO; see Textbox 1) in the case; and
* percentage of cases potentially at risk of exceeding the Jordan timelines that were also stayed or withdrawn.
Please note that offences classified under sex trade related offences—previously commonly referred to as “prostitution” offences (i.e. communicating to provide sexual services for consideration, stopping or impeding traffic for the purpose of offering, providing or obtaining sexual services for consideration)—were excluded from case time analyses.
When interpreting the findings presented below, it is important to consider the unprecedented challenges experienced by criminal courts in Canada in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The public health measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic resulted in a substantial drop in the number of criminal cases completed in the courts. Although the courts adopted temporary practices and utilized new technologies to advance cases despite significant capacity restrictions for traditional in-person activities, the circumstances did result in further court delays.
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| Research in Brief - Criminal court case indicators related to the Jordan timelines, 2016/2017 to 2023/2024 |
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https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/jordan/index.html |
| Research in Brief - Criminal court case indicators related to the Jordan timelines, 2016/2017 to 2023/2024 |
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https://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/pr-rp/jr/jordan/index.html |