Table 4
Clients served by victim service providers, by sex of victim and type of crime, Nova Scotia, May 24, 2012

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Clients served by victim service providers, by sex of victim and type of crime, Nova Scotia, May 24, 2012
Table summary
This table presents the number of clients served by victim service providers on "snapshot day", May 24, 2012 by sex and type of crime. The row headers provide information by type of crime or offence. The column headers provide information on the number and percent of clients for males, females, unknown sex and total.
Type of crime Males Females Unknown sex Total
  number percent number percent number percent number percent
Violent offences 60 85 116 96 0 0 176 92
Homicide 2 3 4 3 0 0 6 3
Other offences causing death 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 4 2
Sexual assault 8 11 19 16 0 0 27 14
by spouse, ex-spouse, intimate partner 5 7 0 0 0 0 5 3
by other family member 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1
by non-family relationship 3 4 17 14 0 0 20 10
Other violent offences 2 49 69 90 74 0 0 139 72
by spouse, ex-spouse, intimate partner 25 35 74 61 0 0 99 52
by other family member 4 6 9 7 0 0 13 7
by non-family relationship 20 28 7 6 0 0 27 14
Other types of incidents 11 15 5 4 0 0 16 8
Non-violent offences 3 6 8 5 4 0 0 11 6
Impaired driving 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 2
Other traffic offences 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non-criminal incidents 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Traffic incidents - undetermined if criminal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other incidents - undetermined if criminal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown type of crime 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ...
Total 71 100 122 100 0 0 193 100
1.
Other offences causing death includes impaired driving causing death, dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death, criminal negligence causing death and infanticide.
2.
Other violent offences includes crimes that either cause or threaten to cause harm to an individual.
3.
Non-violent offences includes property crimes and other non-violent Criminal Code offences.
4.
Non-criminal incidents include other traumatic events such as natural disasters, suicides, and drowning.
Note(s):
Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding, and do not include “Unknown type of crime” in their calculation.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Victim Services Survey 2011/2012.
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