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PROFILE OF WOMEN OFFENDERS: INCARCERATED¹ AND COMMUNITY² POPULATION: MARCH 2001
 RTF
Age
Marital Status
Race
Serving a Sentence For
Length of Sentence
Previous Terms of Incarceration
The profile of women offenders using March 2001 data, attached as Annex A, indicates the following:
- there is a total of 866 women offenders in Canada serving a federal sentence: 355 (40.9%) are incarcerated while 511 (59.1%) are serving the remainder of their sentence in the community;
- over half, 56.3%, of the incarcerated population falls into the younger age category (18-34); as compared to 43.9% in the community;
- there is little difference with respect to marital status as 61.7% of the incarcerated and 64% of the community populations are single;
- there is little difference in the proportion of Caucasian offenders incarcerated and in the community (61.1% to 59.1%);
- proportionally, there are more incarcerated Aboriginal women (22.5%) than in the community (15.1%);
- just over four per cent (4.2%) of the incarcerated population have committed first degree murder while less than 1% of the community population were serving a sentence for this offence;
- almost fifteen per cent (14.9%) of the incarcerated population are serving sentences for second degree murder, slightly higher than the 11.4% of the community population who continue to serve a sentence for this offence;
- within the incarcerated population, 43.9% are serving sentences for Schedule 1 offences compared to 27.6% in the community;
- within the incarcerated population, 23.9% are serving sentences for Schedule II offences; compared to 46.6% in the community;
- there is little difference in the two groups with respect to short sentences; within the incarcerated population, just over a third (34.9%) are serving a sentence of between 2-3 years compared with 33.2% in the community;
- Within the incarcerated population, 27.3% are serving a sentence of between 3-6 years while this figure is 34% in the community;
- Almost one-fifth (19.4%) of the incarcerated population are serving life sentences compared to 13.1% in the community.
¹Incarcerated includes: federal offenders incarcerated in federal facilities, federal offenders incarcerated in provincial facilities and those on temporary absence.
²Community includes: federal offenders, on day parole, on full parole, on statutory release, those deported and those temporarily detained. Excluded are provincial offenders, federal offenders on bail, and unlawfully at large.
PROFILE OF WOMEN OFFENDERS:INCARCERATED³ / COMMUNITY 4
MARCH 2001
Annex A
| Profile |
#
of Offenders
Incarcerated |
%
of Offenders
Incarcerated |
#
of Offenders
Community |
%
of Offenders
Community |
Age  |
| 18-19yrs |
4 |
1.1% |
10 |
2.0% |
| 20-34yrs |
196 |
55.2% |
214 |
41.9% |
| 35-45yrs |
110 |
31.0% |
179 |
35.0% |
| 46-55yrs |
31 |
8.7% |
79 |
15.5% |
| 56-65yrs |
11 |
3.1% |
17 |
3.3% |
| Over 65yrs |
3 |
0.8% |
12 |
2.3% |
| Total |
355 |
100% |
511 |
100% |
| Marital
Status |
| Single (includes separated, divorced,
widowed, not stated) |
219 |
61.7% |
339 |
66.3% |
| Common-law |
95 |
26.7% |
119 |
23.3% |
| Married |
41 |
11.5% |
53 |
10.4% |
| Total |
355 |
100% |
511 |
100% |
| Race |
| Caucasian |
217 |
61.1% |
302 |
59.1% |
| Aboriginal |
80 |
22.5% |
77 |
15.1% |
| Black |
27 |
7.6% |
72 |
14.1% |
| Asiatic |
3 |
0.8% |
16 |
3.1% |
| Other/Not stated |
28 |
7.9% |
44 |
8.6% |
| Total |
355 |
100% |
511 |
100% |
Serving a Sentence For |
| First-degree murder |
15 |
4.2% |
4 |
0.7% |
| Second-degree murder |
53 |
14.9% |
58 |
11.4% |
| Schedule I offence |
156 |
43.9% |
141 |
27.6% |
| Schedule II offence |
85 |
23.9% |
238 |
46.6% |
| Non-Schedule offence |
46 |
13.0% |
70 |
13.7% |
| Total |
355 |
100% |
511 |
100% |
| Length of Sentence |
| Under 3 years |
124 |
34.9% |
170 |
33.2% |
| 3-6 years |
97 |
27.3% |
174 |
34.0% |
| 6-10 years |
46 |
13.0% |
74 |
14.5% |
| 10 years + |
19 |
5.4% |
26 |
5.1% |
| Life/Indeterminate |
69 |
19.4% |
67 |
13.1% |
| Total |
355 |
100% |
511 |
100% |
| Previous Terms of Incarceration |
| No previous term of federal incarceration |
292 |
82.2% |
466 |
91.2% |
| One previous term of incarceration |
39 |
11.0% |
37 |
7.2% |
| Two previous terms of incarceration |
18 |
5.0% |
5 |
0.9% |
| Three or more previous terms of incarceration |
6 |
1.7% |
3 |
0.5% |
| Total |
355 |
100% |
511 |
100% |
³Incarcerated includes: federal offenders incarcerated in federal facilities, federal offenders incarcerated in provincial facilities and those on temporary absence. There were 355 incarcerated women offenders as of March 4, 2001.
4Community includes: federal offenders on day parole, full parole, statutory release, suspended temporarily detained and deported. Excluded are federal offenders on bail and/or unlawfully at large. There were 511 women in the community as of March 4, 2001 (451 supervised, 27 deported, 33 suspended temporarily detained).
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