Table 4
Cases in adult criminal court by decision and by sex of the accused, 2003/2004
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Most serious offence | Female accused | Male accused | ||||||||
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Total cases | Conviction rates (guilty) | Stayed/ withdrawn | Acquitted | Other1 | Total cases | Conviction rates (guilty) | Stayed/ withdrawn | Acquitted | Other1 | |
number | percentage | number | percentage | |||||||
Total offences | 68,151 | 51 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 369,687 | 59 | 34 | 3 | 4 |
Total Criminal Code(excluding traffic) | 54,215 | 50 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 326,439 | 58 | 36 | 3 | 3 |
Crimes against the person | 15,954 | 41 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 101,188 | 50 | 40 | 6 | 5 |
Homicide | 56 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 39 | 469 | 28 | 35 | 3 | 35 |
Attempted murder | 47 | 17 | 47 | 2 | 34 | 361 | 12 | 58 | 4 | 26 |
Robbery | 487 | 52 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 5,331 | 54 | 35 | 2 | 9 |
Sexual assault | 43 | 23 | 70 | 2 | 5 | 4,385 | 38 | 44 | 7 | 11 |
Other sexual offences | 50 | 30 | 50 | 8 | 12 | 2,327 | 36 | 43 | 8 | 13 |
Major assault | 4,384 | 44 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 21,884 | 50 | 40 | 6 | 4 |
Common assault | 8,000 | 42 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 40,650 | 54 | 39 | 5 | 2 |
Uttering threats | 2,066 | 37 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 19,754 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 4 |
Criminal harassment | 364 | 31 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 3,308 | 48 | 40 | 7 | 4 |
Other crimes against persons | 457 | 30 | 55 | 6 | 9 | 2,719 | 33 | 52 | 6 | 9 |
Crimes against property | 21,946 | 52 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 80,513 | 64 | 31 | 1 | 3 |
Theft | 11,064 | 56 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 29,118 | 70 | 28 | 1 | 2 |
Break and enter | 928 | 49 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 12,157 | 67 | 27 | 2 | 4 |
Fraud | 5,508 | 58 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 13,403 | 61 | 33 | 1 | 5 |
Mischief | 1,315 | 48 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 9,758 | 61 | 35 | 2 | 1 |
Possess stolen property | 2,957 | 32 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 15,066 | 57 | 38 | 2 | 3 |
Other property crimes | 174 | 49 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 1,011 | 55 | 37 | 2 | 6 |
Administration of justice | 11,988 | 58 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 68,860 | 62 | 35 | 1 | 2 |
Fail to appear | 2,160 | 46 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 9,675 | 46 | 51 | 0 | 2 |
Breach of probation | 3,803 | 70 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 24,383 | 69 | 27 | 2 | 2 |
Unlawfully at large | 302 | 78 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2,826 | 77 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
Fail to comply with order | 5,093 | 53 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 30,201 | 60 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
Other administration of justice | 630 | 55 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1,775 | 58 | 37 | 2 | 3 |
Other Criminal Code | 4,327 | 51 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 25,291 | 56 | 37 | 2 | 5 |
Weapons | 480 | 39 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 5,838 | 57 | 38 | 2 | 4 |
Prostitution | 1,058 | 59 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1,271 | 31 | 66 | 1 | 2 |
Disturbing the peace | 396 | 54 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2,402 | 60 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
Residual Criminal Code | 2,393 | 50 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 15,780 | 57 | 34 | 2 | 7 |
Criminal Code traffic | 7,242 | 71 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 50,587 | 69 | 25 | 5 | 2 |
Impaired driving | 6,385 | 71 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 41,458 | 69 | 24 | 5 | 1 |
Other Criminal Code traffic | 857 | 68 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 9,129 | 70 | 26 | 2 | 2 |
Other federal statute | 6,694 | 40 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 43,248 | 54 | 37 | 2 | 8 |
Drug possession | 1,842 | 37 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 13,903 | 39 | 52 | 0 | 9 |
Drug trafficking | 2,996 | 31 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 12,781 | 47 | 45 | 1 | 7 |
Youth Criminal Justice Act | 165 | 60 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1,089 | 61 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
Residual federal statutes | 1,691 | 59 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 15,475 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 8 |
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Criminal Court Survey. |
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