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1 results foundAuthor: Milligan, Shelly Title: Criminal Harassment in Canada, 2009 Summary: Criminal harassment, commonly referred to as stalking, refers to repeated conduct that is carried out over a period of time that causes victims to reasonably fear for their safety (Department of Justice, 2004). Examples of criminal harassment include repeatedly following or communicating with another person; repeatedly watching someone’s house or workplace; or directly threatening another person or member of their family causing a person to fear for their safety or for the safety of someone known to them. While criminal harassment legislation was introduced in 1993 in response to violence against women, the law applies equally to all victims. The goal of the legislation is to identify and respond to criminal harassment before it escalates into serious physical harm to victims and to prohibit deliberate conduct that is psychologically harmful to others in causing them to fear for their safety (Department of Justice, 2004). Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey and the Adult Criminal Court Survey, this Juristat Bulletin presents the most up-to-date information on police-reported incidents and court cases involving criminal harassment. Unless otherwise noted, data from the UCR Survey reflect all incidents of criminal harassment reported to police. It is important to note, however, that these data likely under-estimate the true extent of criminal harassment in Canada as not all incidents come to the attention of legal authorities. For example, self-reported data from 2009 indicate that about 3 in 10 Canadians (29%) who had been violently victimized in the previous year contacted police to report the incident. Details: Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2011. 8p. Source: Internet Resource: Juristat Bulletin: Accessed April 14, 2011 at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/af-fdr.cgi?l=eng&teng=Criminal%20harassment%20in%20Canada,%202009&tfra=Le%20harcèlement%20criminel%20au%20Canada,%202009&loc=/pub/85-005-x/2011001/article/11407-eng.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Canada URL: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/af-fdr.cgi?l=eng&teng=Criminal%20harassment%20in%20Canada,%202009&tfra=Le%20harcèlement%20criminel%20au%20Canada,%202009&loc=/pub/85-005-x/2011001/article/11407-eng.pdf Shelf Number: 121348 Keywords: HarassmentStalking (Canada) |