Table 5
Number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people admitted to adult custody, by most serious offence, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 2007/2008
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Most serious offence | Aboriginal | Non- Aboriginal | Aboriginal | Non- Aboriginal |
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number | percent | |||
Violent offences | 9,426 | 32,032 | 28 | 25 |
Serious violent offences1 | 3,621 | 8,546 | 11 | 7 |
Sexual offences | 944 | 3,203 | 3 | 2 |
Robbery | 1,229 | 4,669 | 4 | 4 |
Common assault | 2,268 | 6,741 | 7 | 5 |
Other violent offences2 | 1,364 | 8,873 | 4 | 7 |
Property offences | 7,679 | 31,574 | 23 | 24 |
Break and enter | 2,061 | 7,297 | 6 | 6 |
Theft and possession of property | 2,519 | 9,323 | 8 | 7 |
Fraud | 758 | 5,072 | 2 | 4 |
Other property offences3 | 2,341 | 9,882 | 7 | 8 |
Offences against the Administration of Justice | 6,978 | 27,750 | 21 | 22 |
Breach of probation | 3,270 | 11,463 | 10 | 9 |
Other offences against the Administration of Justice | 3,708 | 16,287 | 11 | 13 |
Other Criminal Code offences (excludes traffic) | 3,480 | 14,525 | 10 | 11 |
Criminal Code - traffic offences | 1,475 | 5,571 | 4 | 4 |
Drug offences | 573 | 7,038 | 2 | 5 |
Other offences4 | 3,626 | 10,460 | 11 | 8 |
Total | 33,237 | 128,950 | 100 | 100 |
1. Includes homicide, attempted murder and major assault. 2. Includes violations involving the deprivation of freedom and violations involving violence or the threat of violence. 3. Includes mischief and arson. 4. Includes federal statute offences, provincial and territorial offences, municipal by-law infractions and unknown offences. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Correctional Services Survey. |
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