PSYC39H3 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Notes
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It is difficult to answer how many sex offences are committed and how many people are victimized. There are 2 sources that estimates are derived from: public surveys and police reports. Approximately 512 200 people in canada reported having been sexually assaulted in the past 12 months on the 2004 gss (general social survey): assault rate: 1977 in 100 000. Less than 10% of sexual assaults were reported to the police. Reporting rate was 22% when only the more violent crimes were considered. Rate of reporting sexual assault to police was lower than rates for reporting other violent offences. Uniform crime reporting (ucr) survey reports on the incidence of crimes reported to police in a given year and report some of the characteristics of those crimes. => includes info from all provinces/territories and on all age groups (unlike gss). In 2007, 73 sexual offences were reported per 100 000 people in canada.
