Conditional Release Decisions: Convictions

Official Title: Performance Monitoring Report 2017-2018, Conditional Release Decisions: Convictions
From: Parole Board of Canada

Convictions

Tables 115-118

Rates of conviction are another useful indicator when assessing the performance of offenders on conditional release. 
In reviewing the rates of conviction information, it should be noted that the number of convictions will often fluctuate higher during the 12 to 18 months after a fiscal year ends because outstanding charges often take that long to be resolved by the courts. The Parole Board of Canada adjusts its rates of conviction accordingly.

Figure 22. Convictions for Violent Offences on Federal Conditional Release

Convictions for Violent Offences on Federal Conditional Release

Note: The year 2017/18 is shown, but not used in calculations, because the number of convictions will often fluctuate higher during the 12 to 18 months after a fiscal year ends because outstanding charges often take that long to be resolved by the courts.

Text equivalent for Figure 22 – Convictions for Violent Offences on  Federal Conditional Release 
  Day parole Full parole Statutory release Total
1996/97 34 64 228 326
1997/98 45 54 214 313
1998/99 37 42 201 280
1999/00 55 50 215 320
2000/01 31 40 226 297
2001/02 36 36 200 272
2002/03 23 34 223 280
2003/04 19 25 214 258
2004/05 32 36 200 268
2005/06 16 28 179 223
2006/07 25 21 214 260
2007/08 18 23 214 255
2008/09 22 17 153 192
2009/10 17 16 149 182
2010/11 10 19 128 157
2011/12 8 10 135 153
2012/13 9 11 136 156
2013/14 7 10 118 135
2014/15 1 4 89 94
2015/16 8 9 91 108
2016/17 7 8 75 90
2017/18 2 3 50 55
  • Over the last ten years (between 2007/08 and 2016/17), the number of convictions for a violent offence decreased 65% for offenders on federal conditional release (from 255 in 2007/08 to 90 in 2016/17). Day parolees averaged 11 convictions for violent offences annually and full parolees, 13 convictions, compared to 129 by offenders on statutory release.
  • Over the last ten years (between 2007/08 and 2016/17), convictions for violent offences on statutory release accounted for 85% of all convictions for violent offences by offenders on federal conditional release.
  • A look at the rates of conviction for violent offences per 1,000 supervised offenders provides a more comprehensive picture of offenders’ performance on conditional release.

Figure 23. Rates of Conviction for Violent Offences per 1,000 Supervised Offenders

Rates of Conviction for Violent Offences per 1,000 Supervised Offenders

Note: The year 2017/18 is shown but not used in calculations, because the number of convictions will often fluctuate higher during the 12 to 18 months after a fiscal year ends because outstanding charges often take that long to be resolved by the courts.

Text equivalent of Figure 23 – Rates of  Convictions for Violent Offences per 1,000 Supervised Offenders 
  Day parole Full parole Statutory release
1996/97 33 15 96
1997/98 36 13 86
1998/99 24 10 80
1999/00 35 11 77
2000/01 22 9 81
2001/02 28 8 70
2002/03 18 8 76
2003/04 15 6 72
2004/05 26 9 67
2005/06 12 7 58
2006/07 19 6 68
2007/08 14 6 68
2008/09 18 4 46
2009/10 13 4 46
2010/11 8 5 39
2011/12 6 3 38
2012/13 7 3 39
2013/14 6 3 33
2014/15 1 1 25
2015/16 6 2 25
2016/17 4 2 20
2017/18 1 1 14
  • Over the last ten years (between 2007/08 and 2016/17), offenders on statutory release were 11 and a half times more likely to commit a violent offence during their supervision periods than offenders on full parole, and four and a half times more likely to commit a violent offence than offenders on day parole.
  • Over the past five years (between 2012/13 to 2016/17), offenders serving sentences for schedule I non-sex offences were the most likely to be convicted of a violent offence on each type of conditional release, whereas offenders serving sentences for schedule II offences were the least likely.
  • Over the same five-year period, Indigenous offenders were the most likely to be convicted of a violent offence on full parole and statutory release, while White offenders were the most likely to be convicted of a violent offence on day parole. Offenders in the Other category were the least likely to be convicted of a violent offence on any type of supervision period.
  • Over the last five years (between 2012/13 to 2016/17), convictions for violent offences on conditional release decreased in all regions, except the Atlantic region, which reported one more conviction than in 2012/13. The Quebec and Prairie regions accounted for the majority of all convictions (63%) in the last five years.

Table 115. Rates of Conviction for Violent Offences per 1,000 Supervised Offenders on Federal Conditional Release

Year Day Parole Full Parole Statutory Release Total Convictions
# Rate # Rate # Rate #
1996/97 34 33 64 15 228 96 326
1997/98 45 36 54 13 214 86 313
1998/99 37 24 42 10 201 80 280
1999/00 55 35 50 11 215 77 320
2000/01 31 22 40 9 226 81 297
2001/02 36 28 36 8 200 70 272
2002/03 23 18 34 8 223 76 280
2003/04 19 15 25 6 214 72 258
2004/05 32 26 36 9 200 67 268
2005/06 16 12 28 7 179 58 223
2006/07 25 19 21 6 214 68 260
2007/08 18 14 23 6 214 68 255
2008/09 22 18 17 4 153 46 192
2009/10 17 13 16 4 149 46 182
2010/11 10 8 19 5 128 39 157
2011/12 8 6 10 3 135 38 153
2012/13 9 7 11 3 136 39 156
2013/14 7 6 10 3 118 33 135
2014/15 1 1 4 1 89 25 94
2015/16 8 6 9 2 91 25 108
2016/17 7 4 8 2 75 20 90
2017/18 2 1 3 1 50 14 55

Note:The year 2017/18 is shown but not used in calculations or text because the number of convictions for violent offences will often fluctuate higher during the 12 to 18 months after a fiscal year ends because charges for violent offences often take that long to proceed through the courts.

Table 116. Rates of Conviction for Violent Offences per 1,000 Supervised Offenders on Federal Conditional Release by Offence Type

Year Supervision Type Murder Schedule I-Sex Schedule I-Non-Sex Schedule II Non-Scheduled
2012/13 Day parole 4 12 12 5 4
Full parole 1 12 13 0 3
Stat. release - 14 58 7 35
Total 2 13 44 3 21
2013/14 Day parole 8 11 6 0 10
Full parole 1 0 8 2 8
Stat. release - 15 47 13 31
Total 2 11 34 5 21
2014/15 Day parole 0 0 3 0 0
Full parole 2 0 0 1 0
Stat. release - 8 34 10 27
Total 2 5 23 3 14
2015/16 Day parole 12 0 7 2 5
Full parole 1 11 9 0 0
Stat. release - 6 33 9 32
Total 3 6 25 3 18
2016/17 Day parole 4 0 8 2 4
Full parole 2 4 2 3 0
Stat. release - 13 28 4 21
Total 2 8 19 3 11
2017/18 Day parole 3 0 2 0 0
Full parole 0 4 3 0 0
Stat. release - 0 22 5 10
Total 1 1 14 1 4
5-year
(12-13 to
16-17)
Day parole 5 4 7 2 5
Full parole 2 5 6 1 2
Stat. release - 11 40 9 29
Total 2 9 28 4 17

Note:The year 2017/18 is shown but not used in calculations or text because the number of convictions for violent offences will often fluctuate higher during the 12 to 18 months after a fiscal year ends because charges for violent offences often take that long to proceed through the courts.

Table 117. Rates of Conviction for Violent Offences per 1,000 Supervised Offenders on Federal Conditional Release by Indigenous and Race

Year Supervision Type Indigenous Asian Black White Other
2012/13 Day parole 5 0 0 9 0
Full parole 9 0 0 3 0
Stat. release 45 0 23 42 8
Total 30 0 13 20 3
2013/14 Day parole 5 0 0 7 0
Full parole 9 0 0 3 0
Stat. release 47 17 27 30 15
Total 32 5 14 14 6
2014/15 Day parole 0 0 0 1 0
Full parole 0 0 0 2 0
Stat. release 47 15 9 20 0
Total 28 4 5 9 0
2015/16 Day parole 0 11 9 6 0
Full parole 10 0 0 2 0
Stat. release 39 8 35 20 15
Total 25 4 19 9 5
2016/17 Day parole 3 12 0 5 0
Full parole 2 0 8 2 0
Stat. release 23 7 22 21 0
Total 14 4 13 9 0
2017/18 Day parole 3 0 0 1 0
Full parole 0 0 0 1 0
Stat. release 17 8 14 14 0
Total 10 2 6 5 0
5-year
(12-13 to
16-17)
Day parole 3 5 2 6 0
Full parole 6 0 2 2 0
Stat. release 40 10 23 27 7
Total 25 4 13 12 3

Note: The year 2017/18 is shown but not used in calculations or text because the number of convictions for violent offences will often fluctuate higher during the 12 to 18 months after a fiscal year ends because charges for violent offences often take that long to proceed through the courts.

Table 118. Convictions for Violent Offences on Federal Conditional Release by Region

Region Supervision
Type
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10-Year
Avg.
Atlantic Day parole 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 1
Full parole 8 3 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 3
Stat. release 18 18 12 12 8 13 13 5 5 10 6 11
Total 27 24 14 16 12 14 15 5 7 15 8 15
Quebec Day parole 2 3 4 1 2 2 3 0 3 1 0 2
Full parole 6 5 7 7 2 7 4 2 2 3 0 5
Stat. release 68 38 43 32 45 41 39 16 35 22 19 38
Total 76 46 54 40 49 50 46 18 40 26 19 45
Ontario Day parole 3 2 3 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2
Full parole 2 5 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2
Stat. release 44 24 21 21 23 16 8 13 11 11 7 19
Total 49 31 25 25 26 20 12 14 12 13 8 23
Prairies Day parole 6 11 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Full parole 5 2 1 4 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 2
Stat. release 49 39 45 47 37 42 45 41 27 20 10 39
Total 60 52 50 53 41 45 47 42 31 22 11 44
Pacific Day parole 6 3 5 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 3
Full parole 2 2 6 2 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 2
Stat. release 35 34 28 16 22 24 13 14 13 12 8 21
Total 43 39 39 23 25 27 15 15 18 14 9 26
Canada Day parole 18 22 17 10 8 9 7 1 8 7 2 11
Full parole 23 17 16 19 10 11 10 4 9 8 3 13
Stat. release 214 153 149 128 135 136 118 89 91 75 50 129
Total 255 192 182 157 153 156 135 94 108 90 55 152

Note:The year 2017/18 is shown but not used in calculations or text because the number of convictions for violent offences will often fluctuate higher during the 12 to 18 months after a fiscal year ends because charges for violent offences often take that long to proceed through the courts.

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