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Table 1.8
Incident clearance status of spousal violence cases by sex of victim, reported to a subset of police services, 2006
Incident clearance status of spousal violence cases by sex of victim, reported to a subset of police services, 2006
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| Incident clearance status | Total | Sex of victim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||||
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Total cleared | 36,048 | 93 | 30,026 | 94 | 6,022 | 92 |
| Cleared by charge | 29,744 | 77 | 25,369 | 79 | 4,375 | 67 |
| Cleared otherwise total | 6,304 | 16 | 4,657 | 15 | 1,647 | 25 |
| Complainant declined to lay charges | 3,005 | 8 | 2,265 | 7 | 740 | 11 |
| Other1 | 3,299 | 9 | 2,392 | 7 | 907 | 14 |
| Not cleared2 | 2,525 | 7 | 2,002 | 6 | 523 | 8 |
| Total victims of spousal violence | 38,573 | 100 | 32,028 | 100 | 6,545 | 100 |
| 1. Other includes departmental discretion, reason beyond department control, suicide of accused, death of accused, death of witness/complainant, committal of accused to mental hospital, accused in foreign country, accused involved in other incidents, already sentenced, and diversionary program. | ||||||
| 2. Not cleared refers to cases where an accused has not been identified in connection with the incident. | ||||||
| Notes: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or the age of the victim was unknown. Includes victims aged 15 to 98. Spousal violence refers to violence committed by legally married, common-law, separated and divorced partners. Data are not nationally representative. Based on data from 149 police services representing approximately 90% of the population of Canada in 2006. Hamilton Police Service is excluded from the analysis due to data quality of the relationship variable. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey. | ||||||
