Criminal Justice Outcomes in Intimate and Non-intimate Partner Homicide Cases

Table 4.9: Bivariate Associations for Type of Homicide and Criminal Justice Outcomes for Three Time Periods, Reduced Sample, Toronto, 1974-2002

Year case entered court
1974-1983 1984-1996 1997-2002
(N=337) (N=481) (N=96)
Intimate Non-intimate Intimate Non-intimate Intimate Non-intimate
Criminal Justice Outcome
First-degree murder charge 26%* 37% 40% 39% 50% 35%
Case sent to trial 61% 65% 46% 54% 55% 60%
Found guilty at trial 48% 54% 78%* 64% 82% 59%
Likelihood of conviction 68% 70% 90%** 80% 90%* 70%
Convicted of murder 21%** 40% 50%* 37% 68% 44%
Sentenced to federal institution 70% 76% 85% 87% 94% 84%
Length of sentence 12 years 10 years 10 years 9 years 12 years 10 years