Table 3
Victims of dating violence by offence type and sex of victim, 2008
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| Offence type | Total | Sex of victim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||||
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Homicide/attempts | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sexual assault1 | 648 | 3 | 638 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Major assault (levels 2 & 3)2 | 2,415 | 11 | 1,742 | 9 | 673 | 17 |
| Common assault (level 1)3 | 11,438 | 50 | 9,301 | 50 | 2,137 | 53 |
| Forcible confinement and related offences4 | 735 | 3 | 719 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Criminal harassment | 3,235 | 14 | 2,830 | 15 | 405 | 10 |
| Uttering threats | 2,669 | 12 | 2,263 | 12 | 406 | 10 |
| Indecent or harrassing phone calls | 1,354 | 6 | 1,003 | 5 | 351 | 9 |
| Other violent offences5 | 290 | 1 | 239 | 1 | 51 | 1 |
| Total offences | 22,798 | 100 | 18,745 | 100 | 4,053 | 100 |
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1. Includes sexual assault, classified as one of three levels according to the seriousness of the incident, as well as other sexual crimes. Level 1 sexual assault is the category of least physical injury to the victim; level 2 includes sexual assault with a weapon, threats to use a weapon, or causing bodily harm; and level 3 includes aggravated sexual assault which wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim. 2. Includes assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) and aggravated assault, defined as assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim (level 3). 3. Common or level 1 assault is the least serious form of assault and includes pushing, slapping, punching, and face-to-face verbal threats. 4. Includes kidnapping, forcible confinement and hostage-taking. 5. Includes robbery, unlawfully causing bodily harm, discharge firearm with intent, assault against peace-public officer, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, other assaults, explosives causing death/bodily harm, arson, and other violent violations. Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex of the victim was unknown. Includes victims aged 15 to 98. Dating violence refers to violence committed by current and former boyfriends/girlfriends and other intimate partners. The 2008 data are based upon information reported by police services covering 98% of the population of Canada. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey. |
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