Similarly, over the last decade within Canada there has been a 66% increase in violent crime charges among female youth.
Although Canadian statistics combine serious and minor forms of violence into one violent crime measure, further analysis of these data indicate that, similar to the United States, the most significant increase has been observed in simple assaults as opposed to more serious forms of violent offending (Dell & Boe, 1998; Savioe, 2000). Thus, even though crime statistics in the United States and Canada classify violent crime somewhat differently, the trends in the two countries point to the same conclusion of increasing levels of moderately violent crime among female youth.
