Note
"This document was produced by the Solicitor General Portfolio Corrections Statistics Committee which is composed of representatives of the Department of the Solicitor General, the Correctional Service of Canada, the National Parole Board and the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (Statistics Canada)" -- T.p.
Also published in French under title: Aperçu statistique : le système correctionnel et la mise en liberté sous condition.
"November 2002".
Cover title: Correctional and conditional release : statistical overview.
Available also in electronic format.
Contents
Section A. Context - Crime and the Criminal Justice System -- 1. Police-reported crime rate increased slightly in 2001 -- 2. Crime rates tend to increase from east to west and are highest in the north -- 3. Canada's incarceration rate is high relative to other western countries -- 4. The rate of adults charged has declined since 1980 -- 5. The pattern of charges in adult court has been fairly stable -- 6. Victimization rates for theft of personal property have increased -- 7. The majority of victims of violent crime are under 30 -- 8. Most adult custodial sentences ordered by the court are short -- 9. Relatively few crimes result in sentences to federal penitentiaries -- 10. The rate of youth charged peaked in 1991 -- 11. The most common youth court case is a violation of the administration of justice -- 12. Probation is the most common youth court disposition --
Section B. Corrections Administration -- 1. Federal expenditures on corrections have increased -- 2. CSC employees are concentrated in custody centres -- 3. The cost of keeping an inmate in penitentiary has increased -- 4. The number of National Parole Board employees has increased --
Section C. Offender Population -- 1. Federal offenders under the jurisdiction of Correctional Service of Canada -- 2. The number of incarcerated offenders has declined -- 3. Admissions to federal jurisdiction have decreased -- 4. The number of women admitted from the courts to federal jurisdiction decreased in 2001-02 -- 5. The majority of federal offenders admitted are in their 20s and 30s -- 6. The average age of admission is lower for Aboriginal offenders than for non-Aboriginal offenders -- 7. 13% of the federal incarcerated offender population is age 50 and over -- 8. 71% of offenders are Caucasian -- 9. The religious identification of the offender population is diverse -- 10. The proporation of Aboriginal offenders incarcerated is higher than for non-Aboriginal offenders -- 11. The majority of federal incarcerated offenders are housed in medium security institutions -- 12. Over 80% of federal Aboriginal are serving a sentence for a violent offence -- 13. The number of Aboriginal offenders in the community has levelled -- 14. The number of escape incidents has decreased -- 15. The supervised federal offender population in the community is decreasing -- 16. Provincial / territorial probation counts are relatively stable -- 17. The number of offenders on provincial parole has declined --
Section D. Conditional Release -- 1. The federal parole grant rate is relatively stable -- 2. The federal parole grant rate for Aboriginal offenders is increasing -- 3. Offenders granted full parole serve about 40% of their sentence prior to starting full parole -- 4. Aboriginal offenders serve a higher proportion of their sentences before being released parole -- 5. Women serve a lower proportion of their sentences than men before being released on parole -- 6. A large majority of federal day paroles are successfully completed -- 7. The majority of federal full paroles are successfully completed -- 8. The majority of statutory releases are successfully completed -- 9. Supervised offenders are being convicted of fewer violent offences -- 10 Numbers of escorted and unescorted temporary absences decreased in 2001-02 --
Section E. Statistics on Special Application of Criminal Justice -- 1. The number of detention reviews peaked in 1995-96 -- 2. 80% of judicial review hearings results in earlier parole eligibility -- 3. The annual number of dangerous offender designations has increased -- 4. Most offenders with long term supervision orders have a 10-year supervision period -- 5. The number of pardon applications processed has increased.