Table 5.12
Accused of police-reported family violence against seniors, by age group of accused, sex of accused and type of clearance status, Canada, 2016

Table 5.12
Accused of police-reported family violence against seniors, by age group of accused, sex of accused and type of clearance status, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Accused of police-reported family violence against seniors. The information is grouped by Type of clearance status (appearing as row headers), Age group of accused, 17 years and younger, 18 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years, 65 years and older, Female accused, Male accused and Total accused, calculated using percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of clearance status Age group of accused
17 years and younger 18 to 44 years 45 to 64 years 65 years and older
Female accused Male accused Total accused Female accused Male accused Total accused Female accused Male accused Total accused Female accused Male accused Total accused
percent
Cleared by charge 38 42 41 47 58 55 58 66 63 49 65 62
Cleared otherwise 63 58 59 53 42 45 42 34 37 51 35 38
Complainant declined that charge(s) be laid 31 13 17 40 31 33 26 22 23 14 13 13
Reasons beyond the control of department 0 2 2 4 2 3 5 4 4 12 9 10
Departmental discretion 25 38 34 7 8 8 10 6 8 24 11 13
OtherTable 5.12 Note 1 6 6 6 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
number
Total 16 48 64 239 651 890 230 462 692 110 485 595
Note 1

Includes suicide of accused, death of accused, death of witness/complainant, accused is less than 12 years of age, committal of accused to mental hospital, accused in foreign country, accused involved in other incidents, accused already sentenced, diversionary programs, incident cleared by a lesser statute, and incident cleared by other municipal/provincial/federal agency.

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Note: Includes incidents with a single accused and a single victim. In 2016, 74% of family violence incidents involved a single accused and a single victim, compared to 62% of non-family violence incidents. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (e.g., grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws). Seniors refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. Accused and victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes accused and victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. In cases of domestic violence, every Canadian jurisdiction has implemented some form of pro-charging policies. The particular parameters of these pro-charging policies can vary regionally.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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