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  • 1. Inappropriate Sexual or Harassing Behaviours in Canada, 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019083
    Description: This infographic presents results from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, focusing on Canadians' experiences of unwanted sexual behaviours in public and online.
    Release date: 2019-12-05
  • 2. Cyberbullying and cyberstalking among Internet users aged 15 to 29 in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201600114693
    Description:

    Based on data from the 2014 General Social Survey, this article examines the characteristics associated with being a victim of cyberbullying or cyberstalking within the last five years for the population aged 15 to 29. This article also examines the association between cyberbullying and cyberstalking and various indicators of trust, personal behaviour and mental health.

    Release date: 2016-12-19
  • 3. Shelters for abused women in Canada, 2012 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400111906
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This Juristat Bulletin presents the most up-to-date information on residential facilities in Canada that offered shelter to abused women in 2011/2012. Specific issues include: rates of admission to shelters, the reasons women had for seeking shelter, and characteristics of the facilities providing services.

    Release date: 2014-02-27
  • 4. Criminal harassment in Canada, 2009 Archived
    Stats in brief: 85-005-X201100111407
    Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This Juristat Bulletin presents the most up-to-date information on police-reported incidents and court cases involving criminal harassment in Canada. Specific issues include: rates of criminal harassment, geographic location of this type of offence, characteristics of victims and accused, such as age and sex, and the sentences most often received for incidents of criminal harassment.

    Release date: 2011-03-03
  • 5. Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 85-224-X
    Description:

    This is the thirteenth annual Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile report produced by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics under the Federal Family Violence Initiative. This annual report provides the most current data on the nature and extent of family violence in Canada, as well as trends over time, as part of the ongoing initiative to inform policy makers and the public about family violence issues. Each year the report has a different focus. This year, the focus of the report is on self-reported incidents of spousal victimization from the 2009 General Social Survey on Victimization. In addition, using police-reported data, the report also presents information on family violence against children and youth, family violence against seniors, and family-related homicides. The Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile will now be produced as an article in Juristat, catalogue no. 85-002-X , as such the old product number (85-224-X) associated with the report is now terminated.

    Release date: 2011-01-27
  • 6. Knives and violent crime in Canada, 2008 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201000111146
    Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This article examines the use of knives to commit violent crime in Canada with a particular focus on geographical differences. Detailed Information on homicide, robbery, and assault committed with knives is presented at the national, provincial and territorial levels as well as by census metropolitan areas. These data are intended to inform researchers, the media and the public and to inform the development of policy in Canada.

    Release date: 2010-04-27
  • 7. Youth Crime in Canada, 2006 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X200800310566
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This report analyzes police-reported data on crimes committed by youth aged 12 to 17 in Canada in 2006. An examination of trends in youth crime since the 1991 peak as well as more recent trends with particular reference to the period following the implementation of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) in 2003 is also presented.

    The report distinguishes between violent crime, property crime, 'other' Criminal Code offences and drug-related offences. Changes in the use of formal charges versus alternate means to handle youth accused of a crime following the introduction of the YCJA are also examined. Other topics discussed include youth crimes occurring at school, the presence of weapons in youth crime, and changes to youth court caseloads and youth correctional services after the implementation of the YCJA. Data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) are presented within the context of both short and long term trends and at the national, provincial and territorial levels. The data are 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 public on the nature and extent of youth crime in Canada.

    Release date: 2008-05-16
  • 8. Criminal Justice Indicators Archived
    Table: 85-227-X
    Description:

    This report presents indicators to measure the workload and performance of the criminal justice system, as well as indictors on a number of socio-demographic and economic factors that can be associated with crime and victimization. In this report, workload and volume measures centre on the work of the police, courts, corrections, diversion programs and victim services and changes over time. Examples of workload and volume indicators examined in this report include: the number of criminal incidents known to police; the number of people serviced by alternative measures, mediation, dispute resolution and diversion programs; the number of cases dealt with in court; average counts in corrections institutions, and; the number of persons assisted by victim service agencies. Performance indicators are organized according to the following five general goals of the criminal justice system: 1) Public order, safety and national security through prevention and intervention; 2) Offender accountability, reintegration and rehabilitation; 3) Public trust, confidence and respect for the justice system; 4) Social equity and access to the justice system for all citizens, and; 5) Victim needs served. Examples of performance indicators examined in this report are: the overall cost of administering the sectors of the criminal justice system; the type and length of sentences ordered in court; public satisfaction with the police, the courts, and the correctional and parole systems; the number of applications for legal aid, and; the number of services for victims of crime. The various socio-demographic and economic indicators included in this report are presented in order to present statistical information on the factors that can be associated with crime. These 'context of crime indicators are organized into three broad categories: Community and society, Family, and Individual. Examples of such indicators examined in this report are: the age and sex distributions of the population; income levels and labour force participation; levels of social engagement; levels of gang activity; family structures; levels of child support; levels of education; the rate of literacy, and; the rate of alcohol and drug abuse among the adult and youth population.

    Release date: 2005-12-20
  • 9. Stalking-criminal harassment Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-224-X20050008645
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In the past decade, four large-scale victimization surveys have been conducted to obtain national population estimates of stalking. These surveys have been carried out in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada. For the first time in Statistics Canada measured stalking through the General Social Survey on Victimization (GSS). The present analysis details the prevalence of stalking in Canada, describing victim characteristics, victim'offender relationships, types of stalking experienced, violent stalking relationships, help-seeking behaviour of stalking victims, emotional consequences of stalking, reasons for reporting or not reporting the stalking to the police, types of charges laid against stalkers, and the use and breach of restraining orders.

    Release date: 2005-07-14
  • 10. Crime statistics in Canada, 2003 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X20040068405
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report examines 2003 police-reported crime in Canada. Data are presented within the context of both short- and long-term trends.

    Release date: 2004-07-28
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  • 1. Criminal Justice Indicators Archived
    Table: 85-227-X
    Description:

    This report presents indicators to measure the workload and performance of the criminal justice system, as well as indictors on a number of socio-demographic and economic factors that can be associated with crime and victimization. In this report, workload and volume measures centre on the work of the police, courts, corrections, diversion programs and victim services and changes over time. Examples of workload and volume indicators examined in this report include: the number of criminal incidents known to police; the number of people serviced by alternative measures, mediation, dispute resolution and diversion programs; the number of cases dealt with in court; average counts in corrections institutions, and; the number of persons assisted by victim service agencies. Performance indicators are organized according to the following five general goals of the criminal justice system: 1) Public order, safety and national security through prevention and intervention; 2) Offender accountability, reintegration and rehabilitation; 3) Public trust, confidence and respect for the justice system; 4) Social equity and access to the justice system for all citizens, and; 5) Victim needs served. Examples of performance indicators examined in this report are: the overall cost of administering the sectors of the criminal justice system; the type and length of sentences ordered in court; public satisfaction with the police, the courts, and the correctional and parole systems; the number of applications for legal aid, and; the number of services for victims of crime. The various socio-demographic and economic indicators included in this report are presented in order to present statistical information on the factors that can be associated with crime. These 'context of crime indicators are organized into three broad categories: Community and society, Family, and Individual. Examples of such indicators examined in this report are: the age and sex distributions of the population; income levels and labour force participation; levels of social engagement; levels of gang activity; family structures; levels of child support; levels of education; the rate of literacy, and; the rate of alcohol and drug abuse among the adult and youth population.

    Release date: 2005-12-20
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  • 1. Inappropriate Sexual or Harassing Behaviours in Canada, 2018 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019083
    Description: This infographic presents results from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, focusing on Canadians' experiences of unwanted sexual behaviours in public and online.
    Release date: 2019-12-05
  • 2. Cyberbullying and cyberstalking among Internet users aged 15 to 29 in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X201600114693
    Description:

    Based on data from the 2014 General Social Survey, this article examines the characteristics associated with being a victim of cyberbullying or cyberstalking within the last five years for the population aged 15 to 29. This article also examines the association between cyberbullying and cyberstalking and various indicators of trust, personal behaviour and mental health.

    Release date: 2016-12-19
  • 3. Shelters for abused women in Canada, 2012 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400111906
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This Juristat Bulletin presents the most up-to-date information on residential facilities in Canada that offered shelter to abused women in 2011/2012. Specific issues include: rates of admission to shelters, the reasons women had for seeking shelter, and characteristics of the facilities providing services.

    Release date: 2014-02-27
  • 4. Criminal harassment in Canada, 2009 Archived
    Stats in brief: 85-005-X201100111407
    Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This Juristat Bulletin presents the most up-to-date information on police-reported incidents and court cases involving criminal harassment in Canada. Specific issues include: rates of criminal harassment, geographic location of this type of offence, characteristics of victims and accused, such as age and sex, and the sentences most often received for incidents of criminal harassment.

    Release date: 2011-03-03
  • 5. Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 85-224-X
    Description:

    This is the thirteenth annual Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile report produced by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics under the Federal Family Violence Initiative. This annual report provides the most current data on the nature and extent of family violence in Canada, as well as trends over time, as part of the ongoing initiative to inform policy makers and the public about family violence issues. Each year the report has a different focus. This year, the focus of the report is on self-reported incidents of spousal victimization from the 2009 General Social Survey on Victimization. In addition, using police-reported data, the report also presents information on family violence against children and youth, family violence against seniors, and family-related homicides. The Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile will now be produced as an article in Juristat, catalogue no. 85-002-X , as such the old product number (85-224-X) associated with the report is now terminated.

    Release date: 2011-01-27
  • 6. Knives and violent crime in Canada, 2008 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201000111146
    Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This article examines the use of knives to commit violent crime in Canada with a particular focus on geographical differences. Detailed Information on homicide, robbery, and assault committed with knives is presented at the national, provincial and territorial levels as well as by census metropolitan areas. These data are intended to inform researchers, the media and the public and to inform the development of policy in Canada.

    Release date: 2010-04-27
  • 7. Youth Crime in Canada, 2006 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X200800310566
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This report analyzes police-reported data on crimes committed by youth aged 12 to 17 in Canada in 2006. An examination of trends in youth crime since the 1991 peak as well as more recent trends with particular reference to the period following the implementation of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) in 2003 is also presented.

    The report distinguishes between violent crime, property crime, 'other' Criminal Code offences and drug-related offences. Changes in the use of formal charges versus alternate means to handle youth accused of a crime following the introduction of the YCJA are also examined. Other topics discussed include youth crimes occurring at school, the presence of weapons in youth crime, and changes to youth court caseloads and youth correctional services after the implementation of the YCJA. Data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) are presented within the context of both short and long term trends and at the national, provincial and territorial levels. The data are 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 public on the nature and extent of youth crime in Canada.

    Release date: 2008-05-16
  • 8. Stalking-criminal harassment Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-224-X20050008645
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In the past decade, four large-scale victimization surveys have been conducted to obtain national population estimates of stalking. These surveys have been carried out in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Canada. For the first time in Statistics Canada measured stalking through the General Social Survey on Victimization (GSS). The present analysis details the prevalence of stalking in Canada, describing victim characteristics, victim'offender relationships, types of stalking experienced, violent stalking relationships, help-seeking behaviour of stalking victims, emotional consequences of stalking, reasons for reporting or not reporting the stalking to the police, types of charges laid against stalkers, and the use and breach of restraining orders.

    Release date: 2005-07-14
  • 9. Crime statistics in Canada, 2003 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X20040068405
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report examines 2003 police-reported crime in Canada. Data are presented within the context of both short- and long-term trends.

    Release date: 2004-07-28
  • 10. Spousal violence Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-224-X20040006982
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Societal recognition of the problem of domestic violence has led to an overall shift in the criminal justice system's response to violence in spousal relationships, as well as the implementation of prevention and intervention initiatives at the community level over the past number of decades. Furthermore, research conducted by governments and academics has allowed us to gain a better understanding of the nature and extent of violence, the risk factors associated with spousal violence, and the characteristics of victims and offenders.

    Release date: 2004-07-06
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