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Indigenous individuals designated as Dangerous Offenders
| Collection source : | Correctional Service of Canada |
| What it is? : | This indicator represents the number of Indigenous adults under federal correctional supervision designated as Dangerous Offender and the percentage of adults designated as Dangerous Offender who are Indigenous. The Dangerous Offender provisions of the Criminal Code are intended to protect the public from the most dangerous violent and sexual predators in the country. People convicted of certain offences can be designated as a Dangerous Offender during sentencing if a sentencing court is satisfied that the offender constitutes a threat to the life, safety or physical or mental well-being of the public. Where an offender is designated by the court as a Dangerous Offender, the offender may be sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment. Indigenous people. |
| Why is it important? : | A decrease in this indicator could mean a reduction in systemic discrimination and an improvement of the socio-economic factors that contribute to the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system. |
| Direction of improvement : | The expected direction of improvement for this indicator is a decrease. |
| Geographic coverage : | Canada |
| Limitation : | Due to the small sample size, it might be difficult to detect trends. For more detailed notes, click on the export to spreadsheet function. Those who have died since receiving designations are no longer classified as "active"; however, they are still represented in the number of individuals with a Dangerous Offender designation. |
| Direction : | The value increased from the previous year and is not moving in the defined direction of improvement. |
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