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Table 2.4
Child and youth victims by sex of victim and type of assault by family members, reported to a subset of police services, 2006
Child and youth victims by sex of victim and type of assault by family members, reported to a subset of police services, 2006
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| Relationship of accused to victim | Total | Sex of victim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||||
| number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | |
| Total assault | ||||||
| Total family | 12,198 | 187 | 7,489 | 235 | 4,709 | 141 |
| Parent1 | 7,006 | 107 | 4,013 | 126 | 2,993 | 90 |
| Sibling2 | 2,522 | 39 | 1,597 | 50 | 925 | 28 |
| Extended family3 | 2,330 | 36 | 1,568 | 49 | 762 | 23 |
| Spouse/ex-spouse4 | 340 | 5 | 311 | 10 | 29 | 1 |
| Sexual assault5 | ||||||
| Total family | 4,089 | 63 | 3,257 | 102 | 832 | 25 |
| Parent1 | 1,568 | 24 | 1,257 | 40 | 311 | 9 |
| Sibling2 | 1,141 | 17 | 896 | 28 | 245 | 7 |
| Extended family3 | 1,356 | 21 | 1,083 | 34 | 273 | 8 |
| Spouse/ex-spouse4 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Physical assault6 | ||||||
| Total family | 8,109 | 124 | 4,232 | 133 | 3,877 | 116 |
| Parent1 | 5,438 | 83 | 2,756 | 87 | 2,682 | 80 |
| Sibling2 | 1,381 | 21 | 701 | 22 | 680 | 20 |
| Extended family3 | 974 | 15 | 485 | 15 | 489 | 15 |
| Spouse/ex-spouse4 | 316 | 5 | 290 | 9 | 26 | 1 |
| 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero | ||||||
| 1. Includes a small number of cases where age or the relationship between the accused and the victim may have been miscoded. | ||||||
| 2. Sibling includes natural, step, half, foster or adopted siblings. | ||||||
| 3. Extended family includes others related by blood, marriage, adoption or foster care. | ||||||
| 4. Spouse includes legally married and common-law partners and ex-spouses. Population counts by marital status are not available by the geographic areas policed by the UCR2 respondents. | ||||||
| 5. 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. | ||||||
| 6. 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. | ||||||
