Table 3
Completed cases in adult criminal court for cases involving violent offences, by type of decision, relationship and sex of accused, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011

Table 3
Completed cases in adult criminal court for cases involving violent offences, by type of decision, relationship and sex of accused, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Completed cases in adult criminal court for cases involving violent offences. The information is grouped by Type of decision (appearing as row headers), Accused females, Accused males and Total cases, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of decision Accused females Accused males Total cases
number percent number percent number percent
Intimate partner violence (IPV) casesNote 1  
GuiltyNote 2 11,674 44 95,894 63 107,568 60
AcquittedNote 3 275 1 2,509 2 2,784 2
Stayed or withdrawnNote 4 14,299 54 53,643 35 67,942 38
Other decisionsNote 5 296 1 1,236 1 1,532 1
Total IPV decisions 26,544 100 153,282 100 179,826 100
Non-intimate partner violence (non-IPV) casesNote 6  
GuiltyNote 2 14,303 57 73,519 65 87,822 64
AcquittedNote 3 309 1 2,245 2 2,554 2
Stayed or withdrawnNote 4 10,058 40 36,458 32 46,516 34
Other decisionsNote 5 240 1 1,114 1 1,354 1
Total Non-IPV decisions 24,910 100 113,336 100 138,246 100
Total decisions 51,454 ... 266,618 ... 318,072 ...
... not applicable
Note 1.

Refers to violence committed by married, separated or divorced persons, common-law partners, dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners.

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Note 2.

Include the following decisions: guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. This category also includes cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.

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Note 3.

The accused has been found not guilty of the charges brought before the court.

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Note 4.

Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at the pre-trial hearing as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures and restorative justice programs. These decisions all refer to the court stopping criminal proceedings against the accused.

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Note 5.

Includes the following final decisions: accused not criminally responsible and waived out of province or territory. This category also includes any order for which a conviction was not recorded, the court’s acceptance of a special plea, cases in which arguments refer to the Charter and cases in which the accused was found unfit to stand trial.

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Note 6.

Refers to violence committed by parents, children, brothers, sisters, extended family members, friends, acquaintances, business or criminal associates, authority figures, neighbours and strangers.

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Note: Includes victims between 15 and 89 years of age at the time of the incident. Excludes incidents for which the age or sex of the victim was unknown. Excludes incidents in which the accused was between 12 and 17 years at the time of the incident.
Source: Statistics Canada, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey-Integrated Criminal Court Survey linked database, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011.
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