Criminal victimization in Canada, 1999 - ARCHIVED
Articles and reports: 85-002-X20000108383
In 1999, as part of its General Social Survey program, Statistics Canada conducted a survey on victimization and public perceptions of crime and the justice system. It was the third time that the General Social Survey (GSS) had examined victimization - previous surveys were conducted in 1993 and 1988.
For the 1999 survey, interviews were conducted by telephone with approximately 26,000 people, aged 15 and older, living in the 10 provinces. Respondents were asked for their opinions concerning the level of crime in their neighbourhood, their fear of crime and their views concerning the performance of the justice system. They were also asked about their experiences with criminal victimization. Those respondents who had been victims of a crime in the previous 12 months were asked for detailed information on each incident, including when and where it occurred; whether the incident was reported to the police; and how they were affected by the experience.
This Juristat presents an overview of the findings of the 1999 General Social Survey and makes comparisons to results from 1993 and 1988.
Main Product: Juristat
Format | Release date | More information |
---|---|---|
November 2, 2000 |
Related information
Subjects and keywords
Subjects
Keywords
- Abductions
- Adult correctional services
- Adult offenders
- Age
- Alcohol consumption
- Analytical products
- Arson
- Assaults
- Attempted homicides
- Break and enter offences
- Convicted offenders
- Convictions (justice)
- Correctional facilities
- Crime rate
- Criminal Code
- Criminal justice
- Demographic characteristics
- Divorced persons
- Drug crimes and offences
- Drug trafficking
- Drug use
- Duplexes
- Fines and penalties
- Fraud
- High-income families
- Homicide rates
- Impaired driving
- Incidents reported
- Insurance
- Length of sentence
- Low income
- Mischief
- Motor vehicle theft
- Neighbourhoods
- Probation
- Property crimes
- Provincial differences
- Rented accommodation
- Rural areas
- Safety
- Safety risks
- Security measures
- Sentenced offenders
- Sentences (Justice)
- Separated persons
- Sex
- Sexual assaults
- Single attached dwellings
- Social surveys
- Stolen goods possession
- Students
- Surveys
- Theft
- Traffic violations
- Trends
- Unattached individuals
- Urban areas
- Vandalism
- Victimization
- Violence
- Violent crimes and offences
- Weapons
- Young adults
- Youth
- Date modified: