Violent crime on the rise – Canada.com
Violent crime on the rise
Meagan Fitzpatrick , CanWest News Service
Published: Thursday, October 18, 2007
Canada’s murder rate was down 10 per cent last year — to 605 — but the rate of youth aged 12 to 17 accused of homicide was at its highest point since 1961, according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada.
A total of 84 young people were accused of murder in 2006, a dozen more than in 2005. The number of victims killed by a youth however, remained virtually unchanged.
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