NCJ Number
94937
Date Published
1983
Length
63 pages
Annotation
The Compensation for Victims of Crime Act is described, and the decisions of the Ontario Criminal Injuries Compensation Board are summarized by area and by type of crime for a 12-month period.
Abstract
A total of 1,329 crimes are reported. Assault causing bodily harm accounted for 48.9 percent of the applications; assault, for 12.7 percent; wounding, for 10.8 percent; attempted murder, for 4.1 percent; robbery with violence, for 3.6 percent; murder, for 3.3 percent; resisting arrest, for 3.2 percent; rape, for 3 percent; assaulting police, for 2 percent; robbery, for 1.9 percent; indecent assault, for 1.1 percent; child abuse, for .8 percent; manslaughter, for .7 percent; criminal negligence, for .6 percent; and other crimes, for 3.3 percent. Every second order of the Board is summarized; information is supplied on the nature of the crime, the victim, the offender, and the compensation. Findings where the publication of evidence was prohibited are reported, including the rape of a 14-year-old girl, the sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl, and the sexual assault of a 23-year-old woman by her stepfather. Approximately 50 applications that were disallowed are included; for example, a 21-year-old man was shot in a dispute with the offender over drug dealings, and a 7-year-old boy was injured when he fell from a window. Three tables and one bar graph are included.