Table 2 Police-reported sexual assault rates, Nova Scotia and Canada, 2011 Rates per 100,000 population Nova Scotia Canada 2001 2006 2011 2001 2006 2011 Sexual assault – level 1 88.58 84.43 73.41 75.96 66.54 61.72 Sexual assault – level 2 – weapon or bodily harm 1.07 1.07 0.63 1.03 1.19 1.15 Sexual assault – level 3 – Aggravated 0.54 0.32 0.85 0.52 0.56 0.41 Source: Statistics Canada. Table 252-0051 – Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, annual (number unless otherwise noted), CANSIM (database). POLICE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA 101 SEXUAL VIOLENCE • In 2011, a total of 708 sexual assault incidents in Nova Scotia were reported to the police, where 98% were level 1 sexual assault. • Police-reported data for Nova Scotia indicate that, in 2011, 82% of victims of sexual assault were female while 97% of suspects were male. • Also in Nova Scotia for 2011, there were 105 police-reported incidents of sexual violations against children which translate to a rate of 11.11 per 100,000 population. continued... Source: Statistics Canada. Table 252-0051 – Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, annual (number unless otherwise noted), CANSIM (database). • According to police-reported data, in the last decade, level 1 sexual assault rates per 100,000 population for both Nova Scotia and Canada are on a downward trend. • According to Statistics Canada’s General Social Survey (GSS), self-reported victimization data in Canada in 2009 show that 88% or close to 9 in 10 sexual assaults were not reported to the police (Perreault and Brennan, 2010). Under-reporting of sexual assault incidents continues to be an issue, and must be taken into consideration when interpreting policereported data. Table 1 Table 1 Police-reported sexual assault incidents, Nova Scotia and Canada, 2011 2011 Nova Scotia Canada number percentage number percentage Sexual assault – level 1 694 98.0% 21,283 97.5% Sexual assault – level 2 – weapon or bodily harm 6 0.8% 398 1.8% Sexual assault – level 3 – aggravated 8 1.1% 140 0.6% Total, sexual assault (levels 1, 2 and 3) 708 100.0% 21,821 100. www.women.gov.ns.ca
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