Table 7
Incident clearance status of dating violence cases by sex of victim, 2008
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Incident clearance status | Total | Sex of victim | ||||
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Female | Male | |||||
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Cleared by charge | 15,647 | 69 | 13,341 | 71 | 2,306 | 57 |
Cleared otherwise total1 | 3,776 | 17 | 2,782 | 15 | 994 | 25 |
Not cleared2 | 3,375 | 15 | 2,622 | 14 | 753 | 19 |
Total victims of dating violence | 22,798 | 100 | 18,745 | 100 | 4,053 | 100 |
1. Reasons for an incident being cleared otherwise include: departmental discretion, complainant declined to lay charges, reasons beyond department control, suicide of accused, death of accused, death of witness/complainant, committal of accused to mental hospital, accused in foreign country, accused involved in other incidents, already sentenced, and diversionary program. 2. Refers to incidents where there is evidence of the identity of the accused in relation to the victim but where the incident was not cleared by charge or cleared otherwise (e.g., incidents where there is not enough information available about the accused to issue a warrant for arrest). Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or the age 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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