Table 1
Characteristics of selected sexual violations against children cases, pre- and post-2005 mandatory minimum penalty (MMP) legislation

Table 1
Characteristics of selected sexual violations against children cases, pre- and post-2005 mandatory minimum penalty (MMP) legislation
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of selected sexual violations against children cases. The information is grouped by Characteristics of completed court cases (appearing as row headers), Selected sexual violations against children, Pre-2005 and Post-2005, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics of completed court cases Selected sexual violations against children
Pre-2005Table 1 Note 1 Post-2005Table 1 Note 2
number percent number percent
Number of charges per case
Total summary cases 939 100 489 100
Single charge 290 31 125 26
Multiple charges 649 69 364 74
Total indictable cases 961 100 649 100
Single charge 190 20 130 20
Multiple charges 771 80 519 80
Number of appearances in case
Total summary cases 939 100 489 100
1 or 2 appearances 84 9 29 6
3 to 5 appearances 272 29 98 20
6 to 10 appearances 357 38 169 35
Over 10 appearances 226 24 193 39
Total indictable cases 961 100 649 100
1 or 2 appearances 48 5 20 3
3 to 5 appearances 216 22 95 15
6 to 10 appearances 375 39 230 35
Over 10 appearances 322 34 304 47
Case lengthTable 1 Note 3
Total summary cases 939 100 489 100
1 day 26 3 9 2
2 days to less than 2 months 89 9 41 8
2 to less than 4 months 128 14 40 8
4 to less than 8 months 231 25 120 25
8 to less than 12 months 218 23 106 22
1 year or longer 247 26 173 35
Total indictable cases 961 100 649 100
1 day 10 1 7 1
2 days to 2 months 60 6 26 4
2 to less than 4 months 103 11 59 9
4 to less than 8 months 253 26 144 22
8 to less than 12 months 207 22 137 21
1 year or longer 328 34 276 43
Note 1

Pre-2005 selected cases: Case completed between April 1, 2000 and the enactment of the 2005 MMPs (November 1, 2005). Offence date between April 1, 2000 and September 30, 2002.

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Note 2

Post-2005 selected cases: Case completed between November 1, 2005 and June 3, 2011. Date of offence between November 1, 2005 and legislation changing age of consent for sexual violations (May 1, 2008).

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Note 3

Case length is elapsed time between the first court appearance to the date of decision.

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Note: Includes sexual interference (s. 151), invitation to sexual touching (s. 152), and sexual exploitation (s. 153). MMPs introduced in 2005 were 14 days for summary and 45 days for indictable offences. A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision. Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence. See "Methodology and data quality" for a description of case selection for the definition of time periods pre- and post- 2005 legislation. Excludes 9% of selected cases where type of proceeding (summary or indictable) was not reported. Cases selected from adult criminal courts cases where case completion is between April 1, 2000 and March 31, 2015 for ten jurisdictions (excluding Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) based on survey coverage. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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