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4.5 Criminal Justice System Process | Persons convicted – By age status and sex, and y citizenship
4.5.3 Juveniles convicted
"Juveniles convicted" means the total number of Juvenile persons found guilty by any legal body authorized to pronounce a conviction under national criminal law, whether or not the conviction was later upheld. The total number of Juvenile persons convicted should also include those Juveniles convicted of serious special law offences but exclude those convicted of minor road traffic offences, misdemeanours and other petty offences.

[Source: Data are provided by Member States through the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS). Definition is also from the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS), Definitions Section.]
[“Juvenile” is a minor or person who is of certain minimum age but still under the age of legal competence. The minority is determined according to what each country’s legislation establishes; however, a majority of countries establish that a person is no longer a minor after reaching the age of 18. Therefore, an individual charged with a crime who is between the minimum age established by the country’s legislation and (in most cases) 18, is considered a juvenile.]



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Argentina2020112 
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Belize20202 
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Brazil------ 
Canada20214,010 
Chile20201,935 
Colombia20204,933 
Costa Rica2016375 
Dominica------ 
Dominican Republic------ 
Ecuador------ 
El Salvador2020264 
Grenada201236 
Guatemala20201,204 
Guyana201639 
Haiti------ 
Honduras202025 
Jamaica20161,610 
Mexico2021938 
Nicaragua------ 
Panama2016383 
Paraguay202048 
Peru20173,781 
Saint Kitts and Nevis------ 
Saint Lucia20204 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines------ 
Suriname201865 
Trinidad and Tobago202025 
United States201513 
Uruguay------ 
Venezuela20166,950 
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