Table 10
Guilty cases sentenced to custody in adult criminal court, by relationship and length of sentenced custody, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011

Table 10
Guilty cases sentenced to custody in adult criminal court, by relationship and length of sentenced custody, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Guilty cases sentenced to custody in adult criminal court. The information is grouped by Most serious offence (appearing as row headers), Length of sentenced custody, 1 month or less, More than 1 month to 3 months, More than 3 months to 6 months, More than 6 months to 12 months, More than 12 months to less than 2 years, 2 years or more, Unknown and Total cases sentenced to custody, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Most serious offenceNote 2 Length of sentenced custodyNote 1
1 month or less More than 1 month to 3 months More than 3 months to 6 months More than 6 months to 12 months More than 12 months to less than 2 years 2 years or more Unknown Total cases sentenced to custody
percent
Intimate partner violence (IPV) casesNote 3
Common assaultNote 4 59.0 28.0 7.5 1.3 0.2 0.1 4.0 100
Major assaultNote 5 28.2 26.5 18.4 11.2 4.4 3.4 7.9 100
Uttering threats 52.0 28.3 11.2 2.3 0.3 0.2 5.6 100
Criminal harassment 48.7 34.6 11.4 3.1 0.3 0.5 1.4 100
Mischief 67.3 19.3 4.6 1.1 0.4 0.0 7.3 100
Breach of probation 57.0 24.1 5.8 0.8 0.1 0.1 12.0 100
Failure to comply with court order 70.5 13.5 2.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 12.8 100
Sexual assaultNote 6 10.9 16.0 15.1 16.7 15.4 21.5 4.5 100
Other offencesNote 7 41.6 22.9 12.3 5.9 2.7 4.0 10.7 100
Total guilty IPV cases 51.9 23.6 9.3 3.6 1.4 1.5 8.7 100
Non-intimate partner violence (non-IPV) casesNote 8
Common assaultNote 4 64.5 23.8 6.6 1.2 0.3 0.1 3.5 100
Major assaultNote 5 32.3 26.4 15.5 10.3 4.5 4.4 6.6 100
Uttering threats 58.5 25.7 8.2 1.8 0.2 0.3 5.2 100
Criminal harassment 52.8 25.9 10.5 4.9 1.6 2.0 2.3 100
Mischief 65.2 22.4 4.9 0.9 0.3 0.4 6.0 100
Breach of probation 64.0 21.9 5.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 8.0 100
Failure to comply with court order 75.1 12.8 3.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 8.3 100
Sexual assaultNote 6 13.5 17.0 12.3 15.0 14.3 21.6 6.3 100
Other offencesNote 7 34.1 19.1 11.5 8.6 5.6 13.3 7.7 100
Total guilty non-IPV cases 43.7 21.5 10.4 6.6 3.8 7.2 6.8 100
Note 1.

The length of custody sentences excludes time spent in detention before sentencing and the credit for the time spent before the sentence is handed down. The length of custodial sentences could be affected if the sentence was served in pre-trial detention. For example, “time served” or time spent in detention before the court decision and sentencing (which is not uncommon for more serious offences), is likely to affect the length of the sentence.

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Note 2.

The Common Offence Classification (COC) divides offences into 32 categories (e.g., major assault, impaired driving). This common classification of offences allows users to compare analytical results between different databases and to examine data in various sectors of the justice system using a single set of offence categories. Common offence Classification categories are determined by aggregating each offence category in the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey into broader categories.

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Note 3.

Includes married, separated or divorced persons, common-law partners, dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners. 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 4.

Common assault (level 1 assault, section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada) is the least serious form of assault. A person commits common assault when he/she uses or threatens to use force against another person without that person’s consent. The level of injury to the victim is what distinguishes this type of assault from other more serious types.

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Note 5.

Includes assault with a weapon (level 2, section 267 of the Criminal Code of Canada), aggravated assault (level 3, section 268 of the Criminal Code of Canada) and other forms of assault (assault against a police officer and unlawfully causing bodily harm).

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Note 6.

Includes sexual assault (level 1, section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada), sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2, section 272 of the Criminal Code of Canada) and aggravated sexual assault (level 3, section 273 of the Criminal Code of Canada) and other forms of sexual assault.

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Note 7.

Includes homicide, attempted murder, robbery, other sexual offences, other violent crimes, theft of motor vehicle, theft, breaking and entering, fraud, possession of stolen property, other property crime, failure to appear, unlawfully at large, other administration of justice violations, weapons violations, prostitution, disturbing the peace, other Criminal Code offences, impaired driving, other Criminal Code traffic violations, drug possession, other drug-related offences, Youth Criminal Justice Act/ Young Offenders Act, other federal statutes violations.

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Note 8.

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 who were 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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