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Table 2
Perceptions of the criminal justice system, population aged 15 years and over

	percentage
	Non-visible minorities	Chinese	South Asians	Blacks	Other visible minorities
Local police force is doing a good job of...
Enforcing the laws	60	40	63	56	58
Responding promptly to calls	52	36	57	49	51
Being approachable	67	46	65	56	55
Informing the public about crime prevention	52	32	44	42	46¹
Ensuring the safety of citizens	62	44	62	63	61
Treating people fairly	61	41	60	43	51
Canadian criminal courts are doing a good job of...
Providing justice quickly	14	16	23³	18	26
Helping the victim	19	19	33	23	35
Determining guilt	27	18	32	25³	31¹
Ensuring a fair trial	45	37	44	33	41¹
The prison system is doing a good job of...
Supervising and controlling prisoners	32	21	29	28	29
Helping prisoners become law-abiding citizens	18	21	23¹	20	24¹
The parole system is doing a good job of...
Releasing prisoners not likely to re-offend	17	15	24	14	16
Supervising offenders on parole	14²	13²	26²	16	19
1. Indicates a significant difference compared to non-visible minorities. 2. Indicates a significant difference compared to the "other visible minorities" group. 3. Indicates a significant difference compared to the Chinese group. Note: Unless otherwise indicated, a difference less than or equal to 7 percentage points is not statistically significant. Data source: Statistics Canada, 2004, General Social Survey. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Visible Minorities and Victimization, no. 15 in Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics Profile Series, catalogue number 85F0033MIE.