Table 8
Violent crimes perpetrated by females, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 2009

Table 8
Violent crimes perpetrated by females, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Violent crimes perpetrated by females. The information is grouped by Type of violent crime appearing as row headers and is grouped by Current/former spouse, Intimate relationship, Other family, Acquaintance, Stranger appearing as column headers, calculated using number and percentage as a unit of measure.
Type of violent crime Current/former spouse5 Intimate relationship6 Other family7 Acquaintance8 Stranger Total
number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage
Homicide 13 36.1 2 5.6 8 22.2 9 25.0 4 11.1 36 100.0
Attempted murder 8 25.0 4 12.5 8 25.0 9 28.1 3 9.4 32 100.0
Other violations causing death 1 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 40.0 2 40.0 5 100.0
Sexual assaults - all levels 4 5.8 5 7.2 17 24.6 39 56.5 4 5.8 69 100.0
Other sexual violations1 0 0.0 1 5.6 8 44.4 9 50.0 0 0.0 18 100.0
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 47 19.4 58 24.0 44 18.2 67 27.7 26 10.7 242 100.0
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 1,194 30.6 1,012 26.0 512 13.1 887 22.8 291 7.5 3,896 100.0
Assault - level 1 2,764 25.1 2,879 26.1 1,254 11.4 3,084 28.0 1,034 9.4 11,015 100.0
Other assaults2 16 1.4 14 1.3 17 1.5 250 22.6 808 73.1 1,105 100.0
Forcible confinement, kidnapping or abduction3 14 14.4 16 16.5 45 46.4 17 17.5 5 5.2 97 100.0
Robbery 4 1.2 4 1.2 10 3.1 96 29.4 212 65.0 326 100.0
Extortion 0 0.0 2 9.5 2 9.5 14 66.7 3 14.3 21 100.0
Criminal harassment 120 21.7 130 23.6 43 7.8 220 39.9 39 7.1 552 100.0
Threatening or harassing phone calls 32 20.8 35 22.7 12 7.8 53 34.4 22 14.3 154 100.0
Uttering threats 237 14.5 134 8.2 216 13.2 880 53.9 165 10.1 1,632 100.0
Other violent Criminal Code violations4 9 13.4 5 7.5 21 31.3 25 37.3 7 10.4 67 100.0
Total 4,463 23.2 4,301 22.3 2,217 11.5 5,661 29.4 2,625 13.6 19,267 100.0
1. Other sexual violations primarily include sexual offences against children as well as other sexual offences involving adults.
2. Includes assaults against peace officers, unlawfully causing bodily harm, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, and other assaults.
3. Includes forcible confinement, kidnapping; abduction under 14, not parent/guardian; abduction under 16; removal of children from Canada; abduction under 14 contravening a custody order; abduction under 14, by parent/guardian.
4. Includes firearm violations. Excludes other sexual violations involving adults.
5. Includes common-law relationships.
6. Includes current and former dating relationships as well as "other intimate relationships" such as extra-marital lovers. In some cases, the victim and the accused were living together at the time of the offence.
7. Includes siblings and all others related by blood, marriage (including common-law), adoption or foster care.
8. Includes friends, neighbours, authority figures, business relationships as well as criminal relationships (such as prostitutes, drug dealers and their clients).
Notes: One incident may involve multiple violations. Counts are based upon the most serious violation against the victim. Incidents where the relationship of the accused to the victim is unknown were excluded.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Incident-Based Survey, 2009.
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