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Figure 34 Convictions for crimes of violence, by offence type and offender-victim relationship, 1997/98 to 2001/021,2

Figure 34 Convictions for crimes of violence, by offence type and offender-victim relationship, 1997/98 to 2001/02

1. To examine the victim-offender relationship, all cases where there were multiple victims were excluded.
2. Excludes cases where the sex or age of the victim, or the sentence of the offender was unknown.
3. Major assault includes aggravated assault and assault with a weapon causing bodily harm.
4. Other violent offences include homicide, attempted murder, robbery, mischief and other crimes against the person.
Note: Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and Adult Criminal Court Survey (linked database).