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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the Social Sciences Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. I am indebted to Anthony Matarazzo, UCR Survey Manager, for his work in preparing the data for analysis, his assistance in facilitating my access to the data at the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, his advice on many aspects of the data analysis, his careful review of the findings and of earlier drafts of the report, and his generous support for this program of research. I gratefully acknowledge the work of Colin Babyak and Krista Collins in preparing the Soundex match quality codes; the assistance of Holly Johnson, Roy Jones, Craig Kuntz, Valerie Pottie-Bunge and John Turner in facilitating access to the data at the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics; Jodi-Anne Brzozowski for supervising the latter stages of the project; and Pat Newcombe-Welch and the management of the South-Western Ontario Research Data Centre for facilitating my access to the data at that Centre. The report has also benefited from helpful comments on earlier drafts by Sandra Besserer, Jodi-Anne Brzozowski, Craig Grimes, Michael Martin, Karen Mihorean, Brenda Smith, Valerie Picketts, Adele Stang, Jacques Taillon, John Turner, Paul Verbrugge, and Chuck Walker. Any errors in the interpretation of the data are those of the author alone. The author would like to extend a special thank you to Danielle Baum for her indispensable work in preparing the Manuscript.

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Catalogue no. 85-561-MWE

Frequency: Occasional

ISSN 1707-5203
ISBN 978-0-662-47173-8