Table 4
Guilty cases by type of sentence, adult criminal court, Canada, 2008/2009
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| Offence category | Guilty cases |
Type of sentence | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custody | Conditional sentence1 | Probation | Fine | Restitution | Other2 | ||||||||
| number | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Total offences | 260,649 | 89,553 | 34.4 | 11,514 | 4.4 | 117,090 | 44.9 | 78,282 | 30.0 | 7,029 | 2.7 | 132,092 | 50.7 |
| Criminal Code total | 228,555 | 80,544 | 35.2 | 8,967 | 3.9 | 106,374 | 46.5 | 64,781 | 28.3 | 6,941 | 3.0 | 118,694 | 51.9 |
| Crimes against the person | 50,478 | 16,299 | 32.3 | 2,767 | 5.5 | 37,976 | 75.2 | 3,918 | 7.8 | 641 | 1.3 | 33,337 | 66.0 |
|
Homicide
|
128 | 97 | 75.8 | 2 | 1.6 | 14 | 10.9 | 0 | … | 0 | … | 87 | 68.0 |
|
Attempted murder
|
36 | 29 | 80.6 | 0 | … | 3 | 8.3 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | … | 16 | 44.4 |
|
Robbery
|
2,923 | 2,220 | 75.9 | 229 | 7.8 | 1,484 | 50.8 | 23 | 0.8 | 101 | 3.5 | 1,534 | 52.5 |
|
Sexual assault
|
1,773 | 956 | 53.9 | 270 | 15.2 | 1,211 | 68.3 | 46 | 2.6 | 6 | 0.3 | 829 | 46.8 |
|
Other sexual offences
|
1,401 | 865 | 61.7 | 75 | 5.4 | 1,031 | 73.6 | 84 | 6.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 662 | 47.3 |
|
Major assault
|
11,858 | 5,052 | 42.6 | 1,114 | 9.4 | 8,349 | 70.4 | 939 | 7.9 | 214 | 1.8 | 6,980 | 58.9 |
|
Common assault
|
19,372 | 2,822 | 14.6 | 562 | 2.9 | 15,522 | 80.1 | 1,726 | 8.9 | 224 | 1.2 | 15,174 | 78.3 |
|
Uttering threats
|
9,869 | 3,154 | 32.0 | 344 | 3.5 | 7,808 | 79.1 | 927 | 9.4 | 64 | 0.6 | 6,046 | 61.3 |
|
Criminal harassment
|
1,659 | 437 | 26.3 | 79 | 4.8 | 1,491 | 89.9 | 95 | 5.7 | 14 | 0.8 | 1,239 | 74.7 |
|
Other crimes against the person
|
1,459 | 667 | 45.7 | 92 | 6.3 | 1,063 | 72.9 | 77 | 5.3 | 16 | 1.1 | 770 | 52.8 |
| Crimes against property | 61,187 | 24,623 | 40.2 | 3,530 | 5.8 | 35,150 | 57.4 | 8,922 | 14.6 | 5,720 | 9.3 | 26,193 | 42.8 |
|
Theft
|
26,562 | 10,723 | 40.4 | 1,223 | 4.6 | 13,815 | 52.0 | 4,837 | 18.2 | 1,556 | 5.9 | 10,877 | 40.9 |
|
Break and enter
|
8,222 | 4,718 | 57.4 | 742 | 9.0 | 5,309 | 64.6 | 339 | 4.1 | 600 | 7.3 | 2,812 | 34.2 |
|
Fraud
|
9,790 | 3,338 | 34.1 | 1,007 | 10.3 | 6,349 | 64.9 | 1,131 | 11.6 | 1,591 | 16.3 | 4,398 | 44.9 |
|
Mischief
|
8,423 | 1,668 | 19.8 | 174 | 2.1 | 5,812 | 69.0 | 1,338 | 15.9 | 1,663 | 19.7 | 5,379 | 63.9 |
|
Possess stolen property
|
6,748 | 3,274 | 48.5 | 288 | 4.3 | 3,092 | 45.8 | 1,160 | 17.2 | 271 | 4.0 | 2,353 | 34.9 |
|
Other property crimes
|
1,442 | 902 | 62.6 | 96 | 6.7 | 773 | 53.6 | 117 | 8.1 | 39 | 2.7 | 374 | 25.9 |
| Administration of justice offences | 60,077 | 27,963 | 46.5 | 1,354 | 2.3 | 20,101 | 33.5 | 14,295 | 23.8 | 304 | 0.5 | 19,962 | 33.2 |
|
Fail to appear
|
2,634 | 1,087 | 41.3 | 48 | 1.8 | 680 | 25.8 | 797 | 30.3 | 10 | 0.4 | 943 | 35.8 |
|
Breach of probation
|
24,519 | 12,802 | 52.2 | 696 | 2.8 | 8,943 | 36.5 | 4,992 | 20.4 | 230 | 0.9 | 7,329 | 29.9 |
|
Unlawfully at large
|
2,075 | 1,700 | 81.9 | 19 | 0.9 | 360 | 17.3 | 136 | 6.6 | 2 | 0.1 | 286 | 13.8 |
|
Fail to comply with order
|
24,481 | 10,375 | 42.4 | 421 | 1.7 | 7,480 | 30.6 | 6,452 | 26.4 | 35 | 0.1 | 8,443 | 34.5 |
|
Other administration of justice offences
|
6,368 | 1,999 | 31.4 | 170 | 2.7 | 2,638 | 41.4 | 1,918 | 30.1 | 27 | 0.4 | 2,961 | 46.5 |
| Other Criminal Code offences | 11,372 | 4,107 | 36.1 | 438 | 3.9 | 6,152 | 54.1 | 2,429 | 21.4 | 89 | 0.8 | 5,967 | 52.5 |
|
Weapons offences
|
6,271 | 2,273 | 36.2 | 321 | 5.1 | 3,396 | 54.2 | 1,242 | 19.8 | 30 | 0.5 | 3,699 | 59.0 |
|
Prostitution
|
530 | 142 | 26.8 | 5 | 0.9 | 235 | 44.3 | 164 | 30.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 262 | 49.4 |
|
Disturb the peace
|
1,172 | 187 | 16.0 | 3 | 0.3 | 541 | 46.2 | 422 | 36.0 | 11 | 0.9 | 721 | 61.5 |
|
Other offences
|
3,399 | 1,505 | 44.3 | 109 | 3.2 | 1,980 | 58.3 | 601 | 17.7 | 47 | 1.4 | 1,285 | 37.8 |
| Criminal Code traffic offences | 45,441 | 7,552 | 16.6 | 878 | 1.9 | 6,995 | 15.4 | 35,217 | 77.5 | 187 | 0.4 | 33,235 | 73.1 |
|
Impaired driving
|
36,233 | 3,437 | 9.5 | 315 | 0.9 | 3,963 | 10.9 | 31,620 | 87.3 | 72 | 0.2 | 27,960 | 77.2 |
|
Other Criminal Code traffic offences
|
9,208 | 4,115 | 44.7 | 563 | 6.1 | 3,032 | 32.9 | 3,597 | 39.1 | 115 | 1.2 | 5,275 | 57.3 |
| Other federal statute offences | 32,094 | 9,009 | 28.1 | 2,547 | 7.9 | 10,716 | 33.4 | 13,501 | 42.1 | 88 | 0.3 | 13,398 | 41.7 |
|
Drug possession
|
8,106 | 1,190 | 14.7 | 122 | 1.5 | 2,634 | 32.5 | 4,208 | 51.9 | 15 | 0.2 | 4,581 | 56.5 |
|
Drug trafficking
|
7,230 | 3,335 | 46.1 | 2,306 | 31.9 | 2,284 | 31.6 | 568 | 7.9 | 30 | 0.4 | 5,084 | 70.3 |
|
Youth Criminal Justice Act
and Young Offenders Act
|
942 | 300 | 31.8 | 17 | 1.8 | 338 | 35.9 | 281 | 29.8 | 4 | 0.4 | 329 | 34.9 |
|
Other federal statutes
|
15,816 | 4,184 | 26.5 | 102 | 0.6 | 5,460 | 34.5 | 8,444 | 53.4 | 39 | 0.2 | 3,404 | 21.5 |
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1. In 2008/2009, conditional sentencing data were not available for Quebec. 2. "Other" sentences include absolute and conditional discharge, suspended sentence, community service order and prohibition order among others. Note: The sentence types presented are not mutually exclusive and will not add to 100. Probation totals include mandatory probation for cases given a conditional discharge (C.C.C.s.730(1)) or a suspended sentence (C.C.C.s.731(1)(a)). In Quebec, most drug offences are recorded under residual federal statutes, resulting in an undercount of drug possession and drug trafficking cases and an overcount of residual federal statute cases. Coverage for Adult Criminal Court Survey data as at 2008/2009 is estimated at 95% of adult criminal court caseload. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Criminal Court Survey. |
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