Table 2.3
Child and youth victims of physical and sexual assault by age group of victim and relationship to accused, reported to a subset of police services, 2006
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Relationship of accused to victim | Total number |
Victim’s age group | |||||
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Less than 3 |
3 to 5 | 6 to 8 | 9 to 11 | 12 to 14 | 15 to 17 | ||
rate | |||||||
Total assault | |||||||
Total | 51,640 | 118 | 257 | 373 | 598 | 1,304 | 1,784 |
Family1 | 12,198 | 72 | 140 | 165 | 182 | 254 | 273 |
Friend/acquaintance2 | 21,788 | 18 | 62 | 110 | 230 | 620 | 808 |
Stranger | 6,611 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 56 | 165 | 289 |
Unknown3 | 11,043 | 21 | 43 | 71 | 130 | 264 | 414 |
Sexual assault4 | |||||||
Total | 12,384 | 26 | 146 | 166 | 181 | 305 | 271 |
Family1 | 4,089 | 17 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 82 | 52 |
Friend/acquaintance2 | 4,995 | 5 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 140 | 129 |
Stranger | 1,203 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 42 |
Unknown3 | 2,097 | 3 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 49 | 48 |
Physical assault5 | |||||||
Total | 39,256 | 92 | 111 | 206 | 417 | 999 | 1,513 |
Family1 | 8,109 | 55 | 68 | 91 | 106 | 173 | 221 |
Friend/acquaintance2 | 16,793 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 166 | 480 | 679 |
Stranger | 5,408 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 131 | 247 |
Unknown3 | 8,946 | 18 | 18 | 41 | 100 | 216 | 366 |
1. Includes spouse, ex-spouse, parent, sibling and extended family. | |||||||
2. Includes any relationship in which the accused and the victim are familiar with each other, but are not related, or in a legal guardianship relationship. | |||||||
3. Includes cases where the relationship between the victim and the accused is unknown. | |||||||
4. Sexual assault includes sexual assault (level 1), sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2), aggravated sexual assault (level 3) and the 'other sexual crimes'category which includes sexual interference, sexual touching, sexual exploitation, incest, etc. | |||||||
5. Physical assault includes common assault (level 1), assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2), aggravated assault (level 3), unlawfully causing bodily harm,discharge firearm with intent, criminal negligence causing bodily harm and other assaults. | |||||||
Notes: Children and youth include all those under the age of 18. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. Data are not nationally representative.The Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey collected 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. Rate per 100,000 population for the geographic areas policed by the UCR2 respondents, based on populations provided by Demography Division, Statistics Canada. | |||||||
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey. |