Canadian Centre For Justice Statistics CCJS: Elizabeth Fry Society

Statistics Canada Dept: Figures released Tuesday by Statistics Canada's Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics CCJS showed the number of women jailed for serious violations jumped by more than one-third last year compared to 1991, but the Elizabeth Fry Society in Vancouver says those numbers have to be considered against the bigger picture. PUBLIC SAFETY Crime rates continue to fall across Canada, according to CBC. The CCJS report said that "while the rate of adult males charged has been declining over the past 20 years, the rate of adult females has generally been increasing," and the rate for females charged with violent crime has risen 34 per cent and canadian crime statistics showing an apparently dramatic rise in women ending up behind bars for violent crimes gives a false image of a wave of female offenders, criminal justice experts say. For example, Shawn Bayes, the group's executive director, noted that a shift in police enforcement over the years means officers are more likely to charge women than in the past in cases of domestic disputes where both parties claim they were assaulted. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.