Outcomes of Probation and Conditional Sentence Supervision: An Analysis of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 2003/2004 to 2004/2005

• Main Author: Sara Johnson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.605.8955; http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/85-002-x2006007-eng.pdf

On an average day in May 2003, the rate of involvement in community correctional supervision per 100,000 adult population ranged from 426 in Alberta to 760 in Newfoundland and Labrador. • Probation comprised the majority of admissions to community supervision (80%) and conditional sentences made up the remainder (20%). • ”Attend counselling ” and “Abstain from use of drugs and/or alcohol ” were optional conditions most frequently attached to a community corrections program. • Overall, 25 % of offenders in Saskatchewan breached a period of community supervision (i.e., failed to complete a period of probation and/or conditional sentence), while 37 % of those in Alberta were breached. • Aboriginal persons had higher rates of breach of a period of community supervision compared to non-Aboriginal persons in both Saskatchewan (32 % versus 16%) and Alberta (52 % versus 33%). Compared to their male counterparts, Aboriginal females and non-Aboriginal females had lower breach rates in both Saskatchewan and Alberta. • Offenders who had a sexual offence, a Criminal Code traffi c offence, or a common assault as their most serious offence had lower rates of breach of a period of community supervision in Saskatchewan and Alberta; offenders who had a break and enter or theft and possession of stolen property had higher rates of breach than the overall rate. • According to results from Saskatchewan, as the number of criminogenic needs1 increased, the rate of breach of a period of community supervision increased. • Among all probation orders completed in Alberta between April 1, 2003 and March 31, 2005, 34 % were breached. The rate of breach for conditional sentences in Alberta during this time frame was 25%.