Table 15
Admissions to remand and sentenced custody and median days served, by Aboriginal identity and most serious violation, 2008/2009

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Type of violation Remand Sentenced custody
Aboriginal non-Aboriginal Aboriginal non-Aboriginal
number percent median days served1 number percent median days served1 number percent median days served1 number percent median days served1
Total violations against the person 627 31 15 2,846 31 7 198 33 60 620 35 60
Serious violent2
 228 11 18 635 7 8 82 14 54 149 8 60
Sexual violations
 42 2 25 204 2 7 17 3 80 50 3 104
Robbery
 217 11 18 1,199 13 9 69 12 81 263 15 61
Common Assault
 45 2 6 253 3 4 17 3 8 66 4 30
Other violent3
 95 5 10 555 6 5 13 2 50 92 5 52
Total violations against property 529 26 10 2,183 24 6 160 27 42 485 27 59
Break and enter
 211 10 15 690 7 9 73 12 61 184 10 62
Fraud
 18 1 9 87 1 5 5 1 ... 17 1 90
Theft
 142 7 7 546 6 5 41 7 40 157 9 30
Other property4
 158 8 9 860 9 5 41 7 40 127 7 40
Total Other Criminal Code violations 570 28 8 2,993 32 5 92 15 27 256 14 40
Breach of probation
 21 1 8 33 0 5 1 0 ... 4 0 ...
Offences against the administration justice
 350 17 7 2,070 22 4 52 9 20 144 8 30
Other Criminal Code5
 199 10 11 890 10 6 39 7 40 108 6 60
Other6
 291 14 7 1,232 13 6 148 25 20 417 23 20
1. Median days served upon release.
2. Serious violent violations include violations such as murder, attempted murder, and aggravated assault.
3. Other violent violations include violations such as kidnapping, child abduction, extortion, and treason.
4. Other property violations include violations such as arson, fraud, possession of stolen property and mischief.
5. Other Criminal Code violations include traffic violations, and other Criminal Code violations.
6. Other includes drug violations, other federal statutes, and provincial, territorial and municipal violations.
Note: Total composition of the dataset includes Newfoundland and Labrador (2%), New Brunswick (6%), Ontario (64%), Alberta (16%) and British Columbia (13%).
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Correctional Services Survey.
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