Aboriginal Justice Stats

Question

Does anyone know of a source of youth crime/justice data at the city level? I have a grad student who's looking at Aboriginal youth representation in the justice system, specifically in Saskatoon and on reserves near the city. The resources we've found (YCS, YCCS, etc.) go no deeper than the provincial level.

Answer

Usually, for a question such as this, I would scour the municipal police Annual Reports or the local RCMP sites for any reference to numbers, stats or data collected. Perhaps local Aboriginal organizations or help centers may have some insights on numbers??

Also, would any of the sources (or their authors) as listed below, collect the data -- or part of it -- that you're after?

[1] Young Offender Programs
Telephone: (306) 787-5699
Fax: (306) 787-0676
Mailing Address: 710 - 1874 Scarth Street, Regina, SK S4P 4B3
URL: http://www.cpsp.gov.sk.ca/YO

[2] 08-09 ANNUAL REPORT Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and
Policing < http://www.finance.gov.sk.ca/annreport/200809CPSPAnnualReport.pdf >

- lots of occurrences of the word(s) "database" or "data";
- p.39: "Saskatchewan Young Offender Case Activity Management System (SYOCAMS): The computerized system used by Young Offenders to input and monitor young offenders? sentence information."
- p.39: "Criminal Justice Information Management System (CJIMS): A new integrated information system to support Saskatchewan?s criminal justice system. This system will replace the stand-alone court system used by Justice, and the old systems used by Corrections and Young Offenders."

Appendix D: Contact Information
" For further information on the programs and services provided by the Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing described in this document, please contact the following:

Adult Corrections 787-8958
Young Offender Programs 787-5699
Policing Services 787-6518
Licensing and Inspections 787-1443
Protection and Emergency Services 787-8568
Communications and Public Education 787-7872
Corporate Services 787-8633
Information Management 787-9512
Strategic Policy 787-6585
Human Resources 787-8901"
- p.34: "This report provides information about both our accomplishments and our future plans. If you have any questions or comments, or would like additional copies of this report, we invite you to call (306) 787-7872.

Or contact:
Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing
Communications and Public Education Branch
1000-1874 Scarth Street
REGINA, SK S4P 4B3
Or send us an email through the Ministry of
Corrections, Public Safety and Policing website:
www.cpsp.gov.sk.ca "

Additional Information

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) files in the DLI collection include detachment-level data but they do not include information on aboriginal status.

The reporting guide for the UCR2 Incident-Based Survey lists an aboriginal indicator (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getInstrumentDocLink&SurvId=3302&SurvVer=0&InstaId=15093&InstaVer=10?=en&db=imdb&adm=8&dis=2) so UCR data with aboriginal status information may be available for a fee on a custom basis from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. If this custom service interests your grad student, I will be happy to refer you to an Account-Executive who can confirm if these data are available and provide a cost estimate.

Young Offender Statistics from 1984 to 1991

Question

I was able to download young offender statistics from the ftp for the years1991 to 2007. I'm looking for any young offender statistics from 1984 to1991 (even if they are not comparable to the 1991 to 2007 young offender statistics). Specifically I'm looking for sentencing patterns, gender/age distribution, comparison of violent crime. Basically anything that shows how the administration has dealt with young offenders.

If you have any information, please let me know.

Answer

The following CANSIM tables may be of interest. You can download them for free through E-STAT (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/estat/licence-eng.htm).

• Homicide survey, victims and persons accused of homicide, by age group and sex, Canada, annual (number), 1974 to 2007 (CANSIM Table 253-0003) http://cansim2.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.PGM

• Adult and youth charged, by detailed offences, annual (number), 1977 to 2008 (CANSIM Table 252-0014) http://cansim2.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.PGM

The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics tells me that more young offender statistics would be available for a fee as a custom extraction. I will be happy to refer you to an Account-Executive if you would like to discuss the production of specific tables. The Account-Executive could also provide cost estimates for the tables.

Historical statistics will also be available in print publications such as the ones listed below. The researcher or student should be able to order these through inter-library loan or consult them on site in a local library if they aren't in your collection.

Print publications (a few examples):

Youth court statistics, preliminary tables ... / prepared by Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics = Statistiques sur les tribunaux de la jeunesse, tableaux préliminaires ... / Centre canadien de la statistique juridique
85-522 1984/85; 85-522 1985/86; 85-522 1986/87; 85-522 1987/88; 85-522 1988/89; 85-522 1989/90; 85-522 1990/91

The Young offender in Canada, a statistical profile for ..., preliminary data = Le jeune contrevenant au Canada, un profil statistique pour l'année ..., données préliminaires.
STC2241 1984/85; STC2241 1985/86 ; STC2241 1986/87; STC2241 1987/88; STC2241 1988/89

Violent offence cases heard in youth courts, 1990-91 / Jeffrey Frank.
Juristat. Vol. 11, no. 16. 0715-271X (85-002-XPE)

Sentencing in youth courts, 1984-85 to 1988-89.
Juristat. Vol. 10, no. 1. 0715-271X (85-002-XPE)

Violent offences by young offenders, 1986-87 to 1988-89
Juristat. Vol. 10, no. 5. 0715-271X (85-002-XPE)

Youth crime in Canada, 1986-1988.
Juristat. Vol. 10, no. 12. 0715-271X (85-002-XPE)

Decisions and dispositions in youth court, 1986/87 to 1989/90.
Juristat. Vol. 10, no. 19. 0715-271X (85-002-XPE)