JustResearch Edition no. 13
Table 4: Five-Year Recidivism Rates For Child Sexual Exploitation Offenders (1998/99 to 2003/2004)
Child Sexual Abuse
| |
Total |
Non- Recidivists |
General Recidivists |
Violent Non-Sexual Recidivists |
Sexual Recidivists |
Child Sexual Exploitation Recidivists |
| N (column %) |
N (row%) |
N (row%) |
N (row%) |
N (row%) |
N (row%) |
| Sexual interference - s. 151 |
544 (66.7%) |
375 (68.9%) |
169 (31.1%) |
53 ( 9.7%) |
23 (4.2%) |
17 (3.1%) |
| Invitation to sexual touching - s. 152 |
84 (10.3%) |
56 (66.7%) |
28 (33.3%) |
10 (11.9%) |
3 (3.6%) |
4 (4.8%) |
| Sexual exploitation - s.153 |
98 (12.0%) |
77 (78.6%) |
21 (21.4%) |
4 ( 4.1%) |
4 (4.1%) |
1 (1.0%) |
| Incest - s.155 |
28 ( 3.4%) |
23 (82.1%) |
5 (17.9%) |
1 ( 3.6%) |
0 (0.0%) |
1 (3.6%) |
| Other |
13 ( 1.6%) |
10 (76.9%) |
3 (23.1%) |
2 (15.4%) |
1 (7.7%) |
0 (0.0%) |
Child Pornography
| |
Total |
Non- Recidivists |
General Recidivists |
Violent Non-Sexual Recidivists |
Sexual Recidivists |
Child Sexual Exploitation Recidivists |
| N (column %) |
N (row%) |
N (row%) |
N (row%) |
N (row%) |
N (row%) |
| Production/possess for purposes - s.163.1(2) |
4 ( 0.5%) |
2 (50.0%) |
2 (50.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
| Distribution/transmission - s.163.1(3) |
7 ( 0.9%) |
7 ( 100%) |
0 ( 0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
| Possession - s.163.1(4) |
38 ( 4.7%) |
30 (78.9%) |
8 (21.1%) |
1 (2.6%) |
2 (5.3%) |
2 (5.3%) |
| Total |
816 (100%) |
580 (71.1%) |
236 (28.9%) |
71 (8.7%) |
33 (4.0%) |
25 (3.1%) |
- Other includes all other child sexual exploitation offences not contained in the table.
- The recidivism flags are not mutually exclusive since all offences in a case were used in calculating recidivism rather than only the most serious offence; therefore, an offender may be counted in multiple recidivism groups.
- Percentages may not always total 100% due to rounding error.
- Source: Adult Criminal Court Survey, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada.
