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- Articles and reports: 85-002-X201800154979Description:
This Juristat article analyses changes in the volume and characteristics of sexual assaults reported to and substantiated by police before and after the #MeToo movement went viral on social media. Using 2016 and 2017 crime records provided by police, analysis by month of reporting to police is undertaken to provide a more granular understanding of how the widespread #MeToo movement impacted police-reported sexual assaults in Canada. Changes in volume of reported sexual assaults after #MeToo are also analyzed by geographical factors, including by province or territory, urban and rural areas, and location type of the sexual assault. The age and sex profiles of victims, their assailants, and the relationship between them is also explored to measure shifts after #MeToo. Historical sexual assaults reported following #MeToo are also discussed.
Release date: 2018-11-08 - Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018036Description:
This infographic looks at changes in police-reported sexual assaults in Canada after #MeToo went viral. Monthly trends in reporting, changes in incident characteristics, and impacts at the provincial level are explored.
Release date: 2018-11-08 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X201800154974Description:
This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2017 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.
Release date: 2018-07-23 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X201800154975Description:
This Juristat article provides an overview of rates of unfounded criminal incidents for 2017, with a particular focus on sexual assaults given that several police services conducted reviews of their sexual assault cases in 2017. Following national media attention in 2017 regarding the use of 'unfounded' by police to classify sexual assaults, Statistics Canada and representatives of the policing community made recommendations to address data quality issues and standardization to reintroduce the publication of unfounded criminal incidents.
Release date: 2018-07-23 - Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018024Description:
Based on the data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, this infographic presents the proportion of sexual and physical assaults that were classified as unfounded in 2017.
Release date: 2018-07-23 - 6. From arrest to conviction: Court outcomes of police-reported sexual assaults in Canada, 2009 to 2014Articles and reports: 85-002-X201700154870Description:
While conviction rates and severity of sentencing outcomes are often used as measures of criminal justice, neither take into account the potentially large volume of cases that never made it to court. For the first time, this Juristat measures the 'fall-out' of sexual assault cases in the Canadian criminal justice system in order to provide vital context for how sexual assaults are handled in the justice system. Using linked data from police services and criminal courts, this study presents new findings on the attrition rate of sexual assaults as well as court outcomes for those that make it to court. Attrition and conviction outcomes are also analyzed by characteristics of the sexual assault incident (e.g., location, weapon use, delay in reporting to police), the accused, the victim (e.g., age, sex, physical injury), and the relationship between them in order to provide more detail on how certain factors may be related to a higher likelihood of dropping out of the justice system. Findings are compared with physical assault outcomes where appropriate in order to provide an analytical reference point.
Release date: 2017-10-26 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X201700154866Description:
This Juristat article presents a statistical profile of sexual assaults reported by police in Canada between 2009 and 2014. A comprehensive analysis of incident, victim and accused characteristics over a six-year period is undertaken to offer a deeper understanding of those who commit sexual assault and those who are victims of it. Factors explored include location of the sexual assault, weapon(s) used, level of physical injury to the victim, as well as the age and sex profiles of accused and victims and the relationship between them. For the first time, new analysis on the delay in reporting to police is presented. Findings are compared with physical assault where appropriate in order to provide an analytical reference point. This Juristat article serves as the baseline profile for a forthcoming study that traces the outcomes of sexual assault cases in the justice system.
Release date: 2017-10-03 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X201700114842Description:
This Juristat article uses self-reported data from the 2014 General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization) to present information on sexual assault in Canada, including sexual attacks, unwanted sexual touching and sexual activity where the victim was unable to consent. This article examines the characteristics of sexual assault victims and their perceptions of safety, and the characteristics of sexual assault offenders and incidents. The emotional and physical consequences of sexual assault, in addition to reporting sexual assault to the police and the reasons for not reporting, are also discussed.
Release date: 2017-07-11 - 9. Overview of results from the Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2016 – Regular Force ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2016006Description:
This infographic, entitled Sexual Misconduct in the Regular Force, 2016, presents results from the 2016 Survey of Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Findings on the prevalence and nature of inappropriate sexual behaviour and sexual assault within the Regular Force are presented.
Release date: 2016-11-28 - 10. Overview of results from the Survey on Sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2016 - Primary Reserve ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2016007Description:
This infographic, entitled Sexual Misconduct in the Reserve Force, 2016, presents results from the 2016 Survey of Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Findings on the prevalence and nature of inappropriate sexual behaviour and sexual assault within the Reserve Force are presented.
Release date: 2016-11-28
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- 1. Work-related sexual harassment ArchivedTable: 75-001-X19940041561Description:
Data from the 1993 Violence Against Women Survey on the incidence and nature of work-related sexual harassment.
Release date: 1994-12-14
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- Articles and reports: 85-002-X201800154979Description:
This Juristat article analyses changes in the volume and characteristics of sexual assaults reported to and substantiated by police before and after the #MeToo movement went viral on social media. Using 2016 and 2017 crime records provided by police, analysis by month of reporting to police is undertaken to provide a more granular understanding of how the widespread #MeToo movement impacted police-reported sexual assaults in Canada. Changes in volume of reported sexual assaults after #MeToo are also analyzed by geographical factors, including by province or territory, urban and rural areas, and location type of the sexual assault. The age and sex profiles of victims, their assailants, and the relationship between them is also explored to measure shifts after #MeToo. Historical sexual assaults reported following #MeToo are also discussed.
Release date: 2018-11-08 - Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018036Description:
This infographic looks at changes in police-reported sexual assaults in Canada after #MeToo went viral. Monthly trends in reporting, changes in incident characteristics, and impacts at the provincial level are explored.
Release date: 2018-11-08 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X201800154974Description:
This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2017 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.
Release date: 2018-07-23 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X201800154975Description:
This Juristat article provides an overview of rates of unfounded criminal incidents for 2017, with a particular focus on sexual assaults given that several police services conducted reviews of their sexual assault cases in 2017. Following national media attention in 2017 regarding the use of 'unfounded' by police to classify sexual assaults, Statistics Canada and representatives of the policing community made recommendations to address data quality issues and standardization to reintroduce the publication of unfounded criminal incidents.
Release date: 2018-07-23 - Stats in brief: 11-627-M2018024Description:
Based on the data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, this infographic presents the proportion of sexual and physical assaults that were classified as unfounded in 2017.
Release date: 2018-07-23 - 6. From arrest to conviction: Court outcomes of police-reported sexual assaults in Canada, 2009 to 2014Articles and reports: 85-002-X201700154870Description:
While conviction rates and severity of sentencing outcomes are often used as measures of criminal justice, neither take into account the potentially large volume of cases that never made it to court. For the first time, this Juristat measures the 'fall-out' of sexual assault cases in the Canadian criminal justice system in order to provide vital context for how sexual assaults are handled in the justice system. Using linked data from police services and criminal courts, this study presents new findings on the attrition rate of sexual assaults as well as court outcomes for those that make it to court. Attrition and conviction outcomes are also analyzed by characteristics of the sexual assault incident (e.g., location, weapon use, delay in reporting to police), the accused, the victim (e.g., age, sex, physical injury), and the relationship between them in order to provide more detail on how certain factors may be related to a higher likelihood of dropping out of the justice system. Findings are compared with physical assault outcomes where appropriate in order to provide an analytical reference point.
Release date: 2017-10-26 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X201700154866Description:
This Juristat article presents a statistical profile of sexual assaults reported by police in Canada between 2009 and 2014. A comprehensive analysis of incident, victim and accused characteristics over a six-year period is undertaken to offer a deeper understanding of those who commit sexual assault and those who are victims of it. Factors explored include location of the sexual assault, weapon(s) used, level of physical injury to the victim, as well as the age and sex profiles of accused and victims and the relationship between them. For the first time, new analysis on the delay in reporting to police is presented. Findings are compared with physical assault where appropriate in order to provide an analytical reference point. This Juristat article serves as the baseline profile for a forthcoming study that traces the outcomes of sexual assault cases in the justice system.
Release date: 2017-10-03 - Articles and reports: 85-002-X201700114842Description:
This Juristat article uses self-reported data from the 2014 General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization) to present information on sexual assault in Canada, including sexual attacks, unwanted sexual touching and sexual activity where the victim was unable to consent. This article examines the characteristics of sexual assault victims and their perceptions of safety, and the characteristics of sexual assault offenders and incidents. The emotional and physical consequences of sexual assault, in addition to reporting sexual assault to the police and the reasons for not reporting, are also discussed.
Release date: 2017-07-11 - 9. Overview of results from the Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2016 – Regular Force ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2016006Description:
This infographic, entitled Sexual Misconduct in the Regular Force, 2016, presents results from the 2016 Survey of Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Findings on the prevalence and nature of inappropriate sexual behaviour and sexual assault within the Regular Force are presented.
Release date: 2016-11-28 - 10. Overview of results from the Survey on Sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2016 - Primary Reserve ArchivedStats in brief: 11-627-M2016007Description:
This infographic, entitled Sexual Misconduct in the Reserve Force, 2016, presents results from the 2016 Survey of Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Findings on the prevalence and nature of inappropriate sexual behaviour and sexual assault within the Reserve Force are presented.
Release date: 2016-11-28
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5235Description: The purpose of the Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces (SSMCAF) is to collect information about the prevalence and nature of inappropriate sexual behaviour within the military, the reporting of inappropriate sexual behaviour to authorities, military members' perception of the Canadian Armed Forces' (CAF) response to this issue and CAF's progress in addressing sexual misconduct in the ranks.
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5279Description: The primary objective of this survey is to better understand how Canadian students perceive their personal safety in the school-related environment, as well as their experiences of victimization in this setting. The information will be used by governments to develop and implement programs and policies to help Canadian postsecondary students.
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