Table 10
Mean and median length of custody and probation sentences, Canada, 2008/2009
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| Offence category | Custody1,2 | Probation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |
| days | ||||
| Crimes against the person | ||||
|
Homicide
|
1,103 | 900 | x | x |
|
Attempted murder
|
780 | 746 | x | x |
|
Robbery
|
141 | 101 | 411 | 365 |
|
Sexual assault
|
217 | 180 | 503 | 540 |
|
Other sexual offences
|
93 | 87 | 516 | 540 |
|
Major assault
|
105 | 60 | 381 | 365 |
|
Common assault
|
41 | 20 | 348 | 365 |
|
Uttering threats
|
52 | 30 | 344 | 365 |
|
Criminal harassment
|
x | x | 390 | 365 |
|
Other crimes against persons
|
148 | 115 | 371 | 365 |
|
Total
|
119 | 65 | 385 | 365 |
| Crimes against property | ||||
|
Theft
|
59 | 30 | 341 | 365 |
|
Break and enter
|
114 | 88 | 387 | 365 |
|
Fraud
|
59 | 31 | 379 | 365 |
|
Mischief
|
36 | 26 | 352 | 365 |
|
Possess stolen property
|
55 | 39 | 346 | 365 |
|
Other property crimes
|
184 | 88 | 402 | 365 |
|
Total
|
81 | 48 | 361 | 365 |
| Administration of justice offences | ||||
|
Fail to appear
|
29 | 13 | 374 | 365 |
|
Breach of probation
|
48 | 35 | 366 | 365 |
|
Unlawfully at large
|
39 | 28 | 346 | 365 |
|
Fail to comply with order
|
26 | 13 | 349 | 365 |
|
Other administration of justice offences
|
35 | 20 | 334 | 365 |
|
Total
|
32 | 20 | 347 | 365 |
| Other Criminal Code offences | ||||
|
Weapons offences
|
93 | 50 | 382 | 365 |
|
Prostitution
|
… | … | x | x |
|
Disturb the peace
|
x | x | 313 | 365 |
|
Other offences
|
101 | 80 | 304 | 360 |
|
Total
|
95 | 58 | 356 | 365 |
| Total Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) | 86 | 42 | 368 | 365 |
| Criminal Code traffic offences | ||||
|
Impaired driving
|
x | x | 322 | 360 |
|
Other Criminal Code traffic offences
|
104 | 120 | 415 | 365 |
|
Total
|
106 | 120 | 382 | 365 |
| Total Criminal Code offences (including traffic) | 86 | 44 | 368 | 365 |
| Other federal statute offences | ||||
|
Drug possession
|
30 | 6 | 276 | 270 |
|
Drug trafficking
|
107 | 69 | 352 | 365 |
|
Youth Criminal Justice Act
|
30 | 20 | 314 | 360 |
|
Other federal statutes
|
99 | 120 | 242 | 210 |
|
Total
|
36 | 20 | 314 | 360 |
| Total offences | 76 | 36 | 360 | 365 |
|
1.
S. 85(1) of the YCJA specifies that the provinces and territories must provide for at least two levels of custody; however the levels are not defined (as in the YOA, which provided for open and secure levels of custody). The majority of provinces and territories no longer maintain data in their operational systems pertaining to the level of custody to which a youth was sentenced. 2. Since custody orders under the YCJA include a mandatory period of post-custody supervision, the figures for custody include the post-custody supervision portion of the order effective April 1, 2003. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey. |
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