Offender Profile and Recidivism among Domestic Violence Offenders in Ontario
Table 19: Prior Conviction, Seriousness Index, Most Serious Prior Conviction and Most Serious Sentence by Reconviction Status and Court Type, 2001
Prior Conviction
| |
Domestic Violence Courts |
Other Ontario Courts |
| Reconviction N (% row) |
No Reconviction N (% row) |
Total N (% column) |
Reconviction N (% row) |
No Reconviction N (% row) |
Total N (% column) |
| Yes |
142 (41%) |
205 (59%) |
347 (69%) |
140 (40%) |
205 (60%) |
345 (69%) |
| No |
15 (10%) |
138 (90%) |
153 (31%) |
20 (13%) |
135 (83%) |
155 (31%) |
| Total |
157 (31%) |
343 (69%) |
500 (100%) |
160 (32%) |
340 (68%) |
500 (100%) |
Seriousness Index
| |
Domestic Violence Courts |
Other Ontario Courts |
| Reconviction N (% row) |
No Reconviction N (% row) |
Total N (% column) |
Reconviction N (% row) |
No Reconviction N (% row) |
Total N (% column) |
| Serious Violence |
52 (52%) |
48 (48%) |
100 (29%) |
47 (50%) |
47 (50%) |
94 (27%) |
| Violence |
44 (37%) |
75 (63%) |
119 (34%) |
48 (41%) |
69 (59%) |
117 (34%) |
| Threat of Violence |
8 (50%) |
8 (50%) |
16 (5%) |
3 (38%) |
5 (62%) |
8 (2%) |
| No Violence |
38 (34%) |
74 (66%) |
112 (32%) |
42 (33%) |
84 (67%) |
126 (37%) |
| Total |
142 (41%) |
205 (59%) |
347 (100%) |
140 (41%) |
205 (59%) |
345 (100%) |
Most Serious Prior Conviction
| |
Domestic Violence Courts |
Other Ontario Courts |
| Reconviction N (% row) |
No Reconviction N (% row) |
Total N (% column) |
Reconviction N (% row) |
No Reconviction N (% row) |
Total N (% column) |
| Spousal Violence |
12 (67%) |
6 (33%) |
18 (5%) |
21 (54%) |
18 (46%) |
39 (11%) |
| Other Violent |
92 (42%) |
125 (58%) |
217 (63%) |
77 (43%) |
103 (57%) |
180 (52%) |
| Administrative Offences |
17 (43%) |
23 (57%) |
40 (12%) |
17 (40%) |
25 (60%) |
42 (12%) |
| Property Offences |
16 (41%) |
23 (59%) |
39 (11%) |
16 (39%) |
25 (61%) |
41 (12%) |
| Other CC |
5 (18%) |
23 (82%) |
28 (8%) |
6 (16%) |
31 (84%) |
37 (11%) |
| Drugs and Other Federal Statutes |
0 (0%) |
5 (100%) |
5 (1%) |
3 (50%) |
3 (50%) |
6 (2%) |
| Total |
142 (41%) |
205 (59%) |
347 (100%) |
140 (41%) |
205 (59%) |
345 (100%) |
Most Serious Sentence
| |
Domestic Violence Courts |
Other Ontario Courts |
| Reconviction N (% row) |
No Reconviction N (% row) |
Total N (% column) |
Reconviction N (% row) |
No Reconviction N (% row) |
Total N (% column) |
| Prison |
116 (48%) |
128 (52%) |
244 (70%) |
109 (49%) |
113 (51%) |
222 (64%) |
| Conditional Sentence |
0 (0%) |
3 (100%) |
3 (1%) |
3 (33%) |
6 (67%) |
9 (3%) |
| Probation |
18 (26%) |
50 (74%) |
68 (20%) |
17 (23%) |
58 (77%) |
75 (22%) |
| Suspended Sentence |
1 (100%) |
0 (0%) |
1 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
| Fine |
7 (23%) |
24 (77%) |
31 (9%) |
11 (28%) |
28 (72%) |
39 (11%) |
| Total |
142 (41%) |
205 (59%) |
347 (100%) |
140 (41%) |
205 (59%) |
345 (100%) |
1. Total may not equal 100% due to rounding.
