22-27  Criminal Offenders Heard by Courts
		(person)
Year	Number of				Proportion of Young
	Offenders	Young	Less Than 18 Years	Between 18 and 25 Years	Offenders in the Total (%)
		Offenders
1997	526312	199212	30446	168766	37.9
1998	528301	208076	33612	174464	39.4
1999	602380	221153	40014	181139	36.7
2000	639814	220981	41709	179272	34.5
2001	746328	253465	49883	203582	34.0
2002	701858	217909	50030	167879	31.0
2003	742261	231715	58870	172845	31.2
2004	764441	248834	70086	178748	32.6
2005	842545	285801	82692	203109	33.9
2006	889042	303631	83697	219934	34.2
2007	931745	316298	87506	228792	33.9