Trends in Criminal Victimization: 1988-1993

• NCJ Number: 152321
• Journal: Juristat Volume: 14 Issue: 13 Dated: (June 1994) Pages: 1-20
• Author(s): R Gartner; A N Doob
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 20 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: French; English
• Country: Canada
• Note: US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, International Crime Statistics Program.

Annotation

This report summarizes findings from the 1993 General Social Survey on crime victimization conducted by Statistics Canada.

Abstract

The findings showed that 24 percent of all Canadians were victims of at least one crime in 1993, the same proportion as that found in 1988. In 1993, women, urban residents, young Canadians, and those engaged in more evening activities away from home reported higher rates of victimization than men, rural residents, older Canadians, and those who tended to stay home in the evening. Robbery was the only violent crime for which the offender was likely to be a stranger. Up to 90 percent of sexual assaults and 68 percent of other assaults were not reported to police. While there has been little change in the level of victimization in Canada, 46 percent of respondents believed their neighborhoods had more crime than 5 years earlier, and 27 percent felt unsafe walking alone at night. 13 tables, 5 figures, and 5 notes