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Profile of Women Offenders in the Community
PROFILE OF WOMEN OFFENDERS IN THE COMMUNITY:
SEPTEMBER 1999
Age
Marital Status
Race
Serving a Sentence For
Length of Sentence
Previous Terms of Incarceration
Active Supervision in the Community
Highlights of the community population
Profile |
#
of Offenders |
%
of Offenders |
| 20-34 | 210 |
42.0% |
| 35-45 | 161 |
32.1% |
| 46-55 | 93 |
18.6% |
| 56-65 | 26 |
5.2% |
| Over 65 | 11 |
2.1% |
| Total | 501 |
100% |
| Single (includes separated, divorced, widowed, not stated) | 342 |
68.3% |
| Common-law | 98 |
19.6% |
| Married | 61 |
12.1% |
| Total | 501 |
100% |
| Caucasian | 293 |
58.5% |
| Aboriginal | 61 |
12.1% |
| Black | 75 |
15.0% |
| Asiatic | 18 |
3.6% |
| Other | 32 |
6.4% |
| Not stated | 22 |
4.4% |
| Total | 501 |
100% |
| First-degree murder | 4 | 0.8% |
| Second-degree murder | 54 | 10.8% |
| Schedule I offence | 152 | 30.3% |
| Schedule II offence | 215 | 42.9% |
| Non-Schedule offence | 76 | 15.2% |
| Not stated | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 501 | 100% |
| Under 3 years | 140 | 27.9% |
| 3-6 years | 186 | 37.1% |
| 6-10 years | 70 | 14.0% |
| 10 years + | 42 | 8.4% |
| Life/Indeterminate | 63 |
12.6% |
| Total | 501 |
100% |
| No previous term of federal inc. | 456 |
91.0% |
| One previous term of incarceration | 36 | 7.2% |
| Two previous terms of incarceration | 7 | 1.4% |
| Three previous terms of incarceration | 2 |
0.4% |
| More than three previous terms | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 501 |
100% |
| Day Parole | 94 | 18.7% |
| Full Parole | 346 | 69.1% |
| Statutory Release | 61 | 12.2% |
| Total | 501 | 100% |
Highlights of the community population: 
- Over two thirds are single
- Less than one fifth fall into the younger age group (20-34)
- Just less than 60% of women offenders in the community are Caucasian while 12% are Aboriginal
- Women offenders who identify as Black represent 15% of this population
- Less than 12% committed murder (less than 1% committed first degree murder)
- There are more women offenders in the community who committed schedule 2 offences (42.9%) than Schedule 1 offences (30.3%)
- Just under two-thirds of this population is serving a sentence of less than 6 years, while 12.6% are serving a life sentence
- An overwhelming majority (91%) had never been previously incarcerated on a federal sentence
Incarcerated includes: federal offenders incarcerated in federal
facilities, federal offenders incarcerated in provincial facilities and those on temporary
absence.
There were 354 incarcerated women offenders the third week of September 1999
