State of the Criminal Justice System Dashboard

Resolution Mechanisms

Ensuring victims, survivors, accused, convicted persons, and families have multiple community-based and culturally-based options available to address crime is a core outcome of the criminal justice system. This outcome is measured by a decreased use of incarceration, an increase in diversion to restorative justice processes, and referrals to community-based Indigenous justice programs.

Click on one of the indicators below for information on what the indicator is, why it is important, its limitations, and its geographical coverage. This will also reveal a chart with the data underlying the indicator, which can be exported to a spreadsheet if desired. Select the “measure” drop-down box to see different ways of presenting the data. Many indicators can be further broken down by clicking on other available menus.