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Table 9
Charges and restraining/protective orders laid in self-reported stalking incidents reported to police, by sex, Canada, 2014

Table 9
Charges and restraining/protective orders laid in self-reported stalking incidents reported to police, by sex, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Charges and restraining/protective orders laid in self-reported stalking incidents reported to police. The information is grouped by Charge and restraining/protective order status (appearing as row headers), Males, Females and Total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Charge and restraining/protective order status	Males^{Table 9 Note †}		Females		Total
Charge and restraining/protective order status	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Charge status
Charges laid	41,548^{Note E: Use with caution}	16^{Note E: Use with caution}	108,921	24	150,469	21
No charges laid	200,001	77	333,057	73	533,058	74
Don't know if charges laid	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	16,477^{Note E: Use with caution}	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	34,267^{Note E: Use with caution}	5^{Note E: Use with caution}
Total^{Table 9 Note 1}	259,338	100	458,456	100	717,794	100
Types of charges
Assault	Note F: too unreliable to be published	35^{Note E: Use with caution}	42,736^{Note E: Use with caution}	39	57,220^{Note E: Use with caution}	38
Harassment	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	31,929^{Note E: Use with caution}	29^{Note E: Use with caution}	40,338^{Note E: Use with caution}	27^{Note E: Use with caution}
Threats	Note F: too unreliable to be published	30^{Note E: Use with caution}	24,168^{Note E: Use with caution}	22^{Note E: Use with caution}	36,560^{Note E: Use with caution}	24^{Note E: Use with caution}
Mischief	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	6,165^{Note E: Use with caution}	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	11,251^{Note E: Use with caution}	7^{Note E: Use with caution}
Other	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	25,210^{Note E: Use with caution}	23^{Note E: Use with caution}	31,035^{Note E: Use with caution}	21^{Note E: Use with caution}
Restraining/protective order laid	36,241^{Note E: Use with caution}	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	139,659	30^Note *	175,900	25
Order violated	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	63,740	46	71,590	41
Violation reported	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	45,797^{Note E: Use with caution}	72	51,444^{Note E: Use with caution}	72
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Total includes only those victims who reported stalking victimization to police (approximately 37% of victims; see Table 8). Return to note 1 referrer Note: Stalking includes repeated and unwanted attention that causes the victim to fear for their personal safety or for the safety of someone they know. Numbers and/or percentages may not add up to totals due to rounding. The answers “don't know” and “refusal” are included in the calculation of the percentages. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-01-17