Peace Bonds and Violence Against Women: A Three-Site Study of the Effect of Bill C-42 on Process, Application and Enforcement

Appendix B: (ACCS Data)

Peace Bond Charges and Cases by Decision, selected Provinces and Territories in Canada, 1994/95 to 1999/00
JURISDICTION : Prince Edward Island Decision
Year Unit of Count Offence Total Charges Guilty Superior Court Other Stay/Withdrawn Acquitted
# % # % # % # % # % # %
1994/95 CHARGES TOTAL 10 100.0 4 40.0 - - 1 10.0 5 50.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 5 100.0 - - - - 1 20.0 4 80.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 5 100.0 4 80.0 - - - - 1 20.0 - -
CASES TOTAL 7 100.0 3 42.9 - - 1 14.3 3 42.9 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 4 - - - - - 1 25.0 3 75.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 3 100.0 3 100.0 - - - - - - - -
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 3 100.0 1 33.3 - - - - 2 66.7 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 1 - - - - - - - 1 100.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 2 100.0 1 50.0 - - - - 1 50.0 - -
1995/96 CHARGES TOTAL 6 100.0 5 83.3 - - - - 1 16.7 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 - - - - - - - - - - - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 6 100.0 5 83.3 - - - - 1 16.7 - -
CASES TOTAL 4 100.0 4 100.0 - - - - - - - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 - 100.0 - - - - - - - - - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 4 100.0 4 100.0 - - - - - - - -
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 2 100.0 1 50.0 - - - - 1 50.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 - 100.0 - - - - - - - - - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 2 100.0 1 50.0 - - - - 1 50.0 - -
1996/97 CHARGES TOTAL 7 100.0 6 85.7 - - - - 1 14.3 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 - 100.0 - - - - - - - - - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 7 100.0 6 85.7 - - - - 1 14.3 - -
CASES TOTAL 4 100.0 4 100.0 - - - - - - - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 - 100.0 - - - - - - - - - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 4 100.0 4 100.0 - - - - - - - -
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 3 100.0 2 66.7 - - - - 1 33.3 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 - 100.0 - - - - - - - - - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 3 100.0 2 66.7 - - - - 1 33.3 - -
1997/98 CHARGES TOTAL 20 100.0 7 35.0 - - - - 13 65.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 10 100.0 - - - - - - 10 100.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 10 100.0 7 70.0 - - - - 3 30.0 - -
CASES TOTAL 15 100.0 5 33.3 - - - - 10 66.7 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 7 100.0 - - - - - - 7 100.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 8 100.0 5 62.5 - - - - 3 37.5 - -
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 5 100.0 2 40.0 - - - - 3 60.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 3 100.0 - - - - - - 3 100.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 2 100.0 2 100.0 - - - - - - - -
1998/99 CHARGES TOTAL 25 100.0 11 44.0 - - 1 4.0 13 52.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 11 100.0 - - - - 1 9.1 10 90.9 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 14 100.0 11 78.6 - - - - 3 21.4 - -
CASES TOTAL 20 100.0 8 40.0 - - 1 5.0 11 55.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 10 100.0 - - - - 1 10.0 9 90.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 10 100.0 8 80.0 - - - - 2 20.0 - -
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 5 100.0 3 60.0 - - - - 2 40.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 1 100.0 - - - - - - 1 100.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 4 100.0 3 75.0 - - - - 1 25.0 - -
1999/00 CHARGES TOTAL 21 100.0 9 42.9 - - - - 12 57.1 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 10 100.0 - - - - - - 10 100.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 11 100.0 9 81.8 - - - - 2 18.2 - -
CASES TOTAL 20 100.0 9 45.0 - - - - 11 55.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 10 100.0 - - - - - - 10 100.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 10 100.0 9 90.0 - - - - 1 10.0 - -
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 1 100.0 - - - - - - 1 100.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 - 100.0 - - - - - - - - - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 1 100.0 - - - - - - 1 100.0 - -

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Criminal Court Survey.

.. figures not available.
- nil or zero.
-- amount too small to be expressed.

During 1999/00, Prince Edward Island was in the process of changing its justice information system, and some court information was not entered prior to the extraction of data for the ACCS.

"Guilty" includes conditional and absolute discharges, guilty pleas, and found guilty.
"Stay/Withdraw" includes stay of proceedings and withdrawn/dismissed/discharged at preliminary.
"Other" dispositions include acquitted on account of insanity, and waived in/out of province.