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- 1. Collecting crime data in Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X200800011012Geography: CanadaDescription:
Justice surveys represent a unique type of survey undertaken by Statistics Canada. While they all essentially use administrative data, Statistics Canada has had considerable input into the type of data that is collected as well as quality assurance methods guiding the collection of this data. This is true in the areas of policing, courts and corrections. The main crime survey, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR), is the focus of this paper and was designed to measure the incidence of crime in Canadian society and its characteristics. The data is collected by the policing community in Canada and transmitted electronically to Statistics Canada. This paper will begin by providing an overview of the survey and its distinctive properties, such as the use of intermediaries (software vendors) that convert data from the police's information systems into the UCR survey format, following nationally defined data requirements. This level of consistency is uncommon for an administrative survey and permits a variety of opportunities for improving the overall data quality and capabilities of the survey. Various methods such as quality indicators and feedback reports are used on a regular basis and frequent two-way communication takes place with the respondents to correct existing data problems and to prevent future ones. We will discuss recent improvements to both the data itself and our collection methods that have enhanced the usability of the survey. Finally, future development of the survey will be discussed including some of the challenges that currently exist as well as those still to come.
Release date: 2009-12-03 - 2. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2008 ArchivedArticles and reports: 85-002-X200900310902Geography: CanadaDescription:
This report presents information on the short and long-term trends in overall, violent and non-violent crime at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. For the first time, this report includes information on both the volume and the severity of police-reported crime in Canada.
Release date: 2009-07-21 - 3. Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2007 ArchivedArticles and reports: 85-002-X200900210844Geography: CanadaDescription:
This report examines the nature and extent of police-reported hate crime in Canada. Key topics include motivations for hate crime (e.g. race or ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation), types of offences, geographical comparisons and accused and victim characteristics. The report is intended to respond to the needs of those who work in the criminal justice system as well as to inform researchers, policy analysts, academics, the media and the general public.
Release date: 2009-05-13 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X200900210846Geography: CanadaDescription:
This Juristat provides an overview of young persons under correctional services, in the fifth year since the introduction of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), which came into effect on April 1, 2003. It uses data from the Youth Custody and Community Services (YCCS) Survey and the Integrated Correctional Services Survey (ICSS) to analyze trends in admissions to and releases from correctional services including, sentenced custody, remand (pre-trial detention), probation, the community portion of a custody sentence, and deferred custody and supervision order sentence. These data are examined based on key case characteristics such as age, sex, Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal identity, most serious offence and length of time served. Data are analyzed at the provincial/territorial as well as national levels.
Release date: 2009-05-13 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X200900210847Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article analyses data on the incidence and nature of police-reported drug offences in Canada. It examines the long and short-term trends in possession, trafficking, production, importing and exporting of cannabis, cocaine, heroin and "other" drugs, including methamphetamine (crystal meth) and ecstasy. Key issues include geographical comparisons, involvement of youth (12 to 17 years) accused of drug offences, and decisions and sentencing outcomes for those charged with drug offences. These data are intended to inform researchers, the media and the public on the nature and extent of drug offences in Canada.
Release date: 2009-05-13 - Journals and periodicals: 85-004-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
This report introduces the Crime Severity Index, a new tool for measuring police-reported crime in Canada that for the first time tracks changes in the severity of crime, not just volume.The report also examines how crime is measured in Canada, as well as recent improvements to statistics on crime that are gathered from the police.
Release date: 2009-04-21 - Articles and reports: 85F0033M2009020Geography: CanadaDescription:
The risk of becoming the victim of violent crime or household property crime can vary according to the mix of social, economic and demographic factors that characterize an individual's circumstances. Income is one such factor. Using data primarily from the 2004 General Social Survey (GSS), this report profiles violent and household victimization among Canadians from low-income households (i.e., under $15,000). The report also provides information on who victims turn to for help, perceptions of neighbourhood safety as well as fear of crime among Canadians from low-income households.
Release date: 2009-04-16 - 8. Child luring through the Internet ArchivedArticles and reports: 85-002-X200900110783Geography: CanadaDescription:
The Internet is a virtual world filled with an abundance of information and endless sources of entertainment. While an extraordinary tool, the Internet comes with risks. For children these risks include the dangers of sexual exploitation, such as luring through the Internet.
Presently, there is little data available on child luring. The information that does exist represents only those incidents that have been reported to the police. Therefore, it is difficult to quantify the full extent and nature of child luring offences in Canada. Nonetheless, using the first available police-reported data on child luring, this Juristat article presents a snapshot of the characteristics of this relatively new criminal offence and the people accused of committing it, as well as an examination of court cases and decisions for child luring offences.
Release date: 2009-03-12
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- 1. Collecting crime data in Canada ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X200800011012Geography: CanadaDescription:
Justice surveys represent a unique type of survey undertaken by Statistics Canada. While they all essentially use administrative data, Statistics Canada has had considerable input into the type of data that is collected as well as quality assurance methods guiding the collection of this data. This is true in the areas of policing, courts and corrections. The main crime survey, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR), is the focus of this paper and was designed to measure the incidence of crime in Canadian society and its characteristics. The data is collected by the policing community in Canada and transmitted electronically to Statistics Canada. This paper will begin by providing an overview of the survey and its distinctive properties, such as the use of intermediaries (software vendors) that convert data from the police's information systems into the UCR survey format, following nationally defined data requirements. This level of consistency is uncommon for an administrative survey and permits a variety of opportunities for improving the overall data quality and capabilities of the survey. Various methods such as quality indicators and feedback reports are used on a regular basis and frequent two-way communication takes place with the respondents to correct existing data problems and to prevent future ones. We will discuss recent improvements to both the data itself and our collection methods that have enhanced the usability of the survey. Finally, future development of the survey will be discussed including some of the challenges that currently exist as well as those still to come.
Release date: 2009-12-03 - 2. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2008 ArchivedArticles and reports: 85-002-X200900310902Geography: CanadaDescription:
This report presents information on the short and long-term trends in overall, violent and non-violent crime at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. For the first time, this report includes information on both the volume and the severity of police-reported crime in Canada.
Release date: 2009-07-21 - 3. Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2007 ArchivedArticles and reports: 85-002-X200900210844Geography: CanadaDescription:
This report examines the nature and extent of police-reported hate crime in Canada. Key topics include motivations for hate crime (e.g. race or ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation), types of offences, geographical comparisons and accused and victim characteristics. The report is intended to respond to the needs of those who work in the criminal justice system as well as to inform researchers, policy analysts, academics, the media and the general public.
Release date: 2009-05-13 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X200900210846Geography: CanadaDescription:
This Juristat provides an overview of young persons under correctional services, in the fifth year since the introduction of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), which came into effect on April 1, 2003. It uses data from the Youth Custody and Community Services (YCCS) Survey and the Integrated Correctional Services Survey (ICSS) to analyze trends in admissions to and releases from correctional services including, sentenced custody, remand (pre-trial detention), probation, the community portion of a custody sentence, and deferred custody and supervision order sentence. These data are examined based on key case characteristics such as age, sex, Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal identity, most serious offence and length of time served. Data are analyzed at the provincial/territorial as well as national levels.
Release date: 2009-05-13 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X200900210847Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article analyses data on the incidence and nature of police-reported drug offences in Canada. It examines the long and short-term trends in possession, trafficking, production, importing and exporting of cannabis, cocaine, heroin and "other" drugs, including methamphetamine (crystal meth) and ecstasy. Key issues include geographical comparisons, involvement of youth (12 to 17 years) accused of drug offences, and decisions and sentencing outcomes for those charged with drug offences. These data are intended to inform researchers, the media and the public on the nature and extent of drug offences in Canada.
Release date: 2009-05-13 - Journals and periodicals: 85-004-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
This report introduces the Crime Severity Index, a new tool for measuring police-reported crime in Canada that for the first time tracks changes in the severity of crime, not just volume.The report also examines how crime is measured in Canada, as well as recent improvements to statistics on crime that are gathered from the police.
Release date: 2009-04-21 - Articles and reports: 85F0033M2009020Geography: CanadaDescription:
The risk of becoming the victim of violent crime or household property crime can vary according to the mix of social, economic and demographic factors that characterize an individual's circumstances. Income is one such factor. Using data primarily from the 2004 General Social Survey (GSS), this report profiles violent and household victimization among Canadians from low-income households (i.e., under $15,000). The report also provides information on who victims turn to for help, perceptions of neighbourhood safety as well as fear of crime among Canadians from low-income households.
Release date: 2009-04-16 - 8. Child luring through the Internet ArchivedArticles and reports: 85-002-X200900110783Geography: CanadaDescription:
The Internet is a virtual world filled with an abundance of information and endless sources of entertainment. While an extraordinary tool, the Internet comes with risks. For children these risks include the dangers of sexual exploitation, such as luring through the Internet.
Presently, there is little data available on child luring. The information that does exist represents only those incidents that have been reported to the police. Therefore, it is difficult to quantify the full extent and nature of child luring offences in Canada. Nonetheless, using the first available police-reported data on child luring, this Juristat article presents a snapshot of the characteristics of this relatively new criminal offence and the people accused of committing it, as well as an examination of court cases and decisions for child luring offences.
Release date: 2009-03-12
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