The Review Board Systems in Canada: An Overview of Results from the Mentally Disordered Accused Data Collection Study
Table 23 – Time in the System By Demographic Information, Diagnoses and Offence Type (Cases Admitted in 1992/93)
Gender
| Demographic Information |
Less than 2 years N (row %) |
2 years to 10 years N (row %) |
Greater than 10 years N (row %) |
| Male |
203 (43.2%) |
145 (30.9%) |
122 (26.0%) |
| Female |
50 (68.1%) |
19 (26.1%) |
4 ( 5.8%) |
Aboriginal Status
| Demographic Information |
Less than 2 years N (row %) |
2 years to 10 years N (row %) |
Greater than 10 years N (row %) |
| Aboriginal |
0 ( 0.0%) |
5 (29.6%) |
13 (70.4%) |
| Non-Aboriginal |
253 (48.1%) |
159 (30.3%) |
114 (21.7%) |
Primary Diagnoses
| Demographic Information |
Less than 2 years N (row %) |
2 years to 10 years N (row %) |
Greater than 10 years N (row %) |
| Schizophrenia |
152 (41.9%) |
131 (36.1%) |
80 (22.1%) |
| Affective disorder |
33 (39.3%) |
17 (20.4%) |
34 (40.3%) |
| Other |
69 (69.9%) |
17 (17.1%) |
13 (13.0%) |
Offence Type
| Demographic Information |
Less than 2 years N (row %) |
2 years to 10 years N (row %) |
Greater than 10 years N (row %) |
| Violent |
203 (48.0%) |
109 (25.7%) |
111 (26.3%) |
| Sexual |
11 (34.7%) |
5 (16.9%) |
15 (48.4%) |
| Non–violent |
39 (43.5%) |
50 (56.5%) |
0 ( 0.0%) |
| TOTAL |
253 (46.5%) |
164 (30.2%) |
127 (23.3%) |
- Percentages may not always total 100% due to rounding error.
- Totals may not be exact due to the rounding of the weighted data.
