Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
Include only those correctional workers who were killed for reasons related to their occupation, regardless of whether the officer was on or off duty at the time. Include all persons working within the confines of a correctional institution.
- Incident file number
- Name of victim
- Surname
- First name
- Unknown
- Number of years of service in correctional field
- Indicate number;
- Less than one year; or
- Unknown
- Number of years of service with present institution
- Indicate number;
- Less than one year; or
- Unknown
- Specific occupation of correctional worker
- Correctional officer (guard)
- Parole officer
- Warden, Deputy warden, Supervisor
- Nurse/medical staff
- Educational worker
- Social or psychiatric worker
- Volunteer worker
- Other occupations within the institution
- Unknown
- Type of correctional institution
Adult correctional institution- Federal institution – high maximum security
- Federal institution –maximum security
- Federal institution – medium
- Federal institution – minimum
- Federal community based institution
- Provincial institution – maximum security
- Provincial institution – medium
- Provincial institution – minimum
- Provincial community based institution
- Secure custody
- Open custody
- Unknown
- Source of weapon used to kill correctional worker
- Not applicable, no weapon used
- Smuggled into institution
- Fabricated in the institution
- Property of the institution
- Other – specify
- Unknown
- Circumstances surrounding killing of correctional worker
- Escape attempt
- Riot (disturbance)
- Hostage taking
- Transporting prisoner
- Other - specify
- Unknown
- Correctional worker held as hostage?
- Yes
- No
- Unknown
Authorization: This authorizes the Chief Statistician of Canada to disseminate information on this questionnaire, excluding personal identifiers, to the public.
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Information for respondents
Authority:
Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19.
Objective:
This survey collects essential data to produce statistics on the incidence and characteristics of homicide offences in Canada. The information is used by federal and provincial policymakers as well as public and private researchers. The data are also widely disseminated by the media for purposes of general public information.
Confidentiality :
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey that relates to any identifiable respondent / individual without the previous written consent of that respondent / individual. The information reported on this questionnaire will be treated in confidence, used for statistical purposes and published in aggregate form only. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other legislation.
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