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Table 1 Socio-demographic and Justice related characteristics for all Provincial Court Offenders and High Frequency service using offenders (community and custody)

From: High-frequency use of corrections, health, and social services, and association with mental illness and substance use

Variables All offenders-Provincial Court (n = 14,372) High Frequency Community Supervision (n = 216) High Frequency Custody (n = 107)
Mean (SD)/n (%) Mean (SD)/n (%) Mean (SD)/n (%)
Age at enrolment in yearsa
 Mean (SD) 35.7 (10.8) 38.5 (9.6) 37.3 (10.4)
 Median and 90th percentile 35, 50 38, 51 37, 52
Female 2045 (14) 54 (25) 16 (15)
White 7904 (57) 146 (69) 74 (71)
Aboriginal 2092 (15) 36 (17) 19 (18)
Education—grade 9 or less 1717 (13) 27 (13) 17 (17)
Education—vocational/university 2492 (19) 40 (19) 12 (12)
Mental disorder diagnosis
 No mental disorder 5839 (41) 2 (1) 0 (0)
 Only NSMD 2667 (19) 24 (11) 6 (6)
 Only SUD 1517 (11) 12 (6) 7 (6)
 Both 4349 (30) 178 (82) 94 (88)
# of sentences in past 5 years
 Mean (SD) 4.1 (6.7) 9.8 (8.3) 19.4 (11.0)
 Median and 90th percentile 1, 12 7, 21 19, 34
# of jail sentences in past 5 years
 Mean (SD) 2.2 (4.6) 4.6 (5.8) 12.7 (7.9)
 Median and 90th percentile 0, 8 3, 12 11, 24
# of any offences in past 5 years
 Mean (SD) 3.0 (5.1) 7.3 (6.4) 15.0 (9.0)
 Median and 90th percentile 1, 9 6, 14 13, 28
# of property offences in past 5 years
 Mean (SD) 1.3 (3.1) 3.8 (4.9) 7.5 (7.0)
 Median and 90th percentile 0, 4 2, 11 6, 18
# of breach offences in past 5 years
 Mean (SD) 0.8 (1.9) 1.8 (2.8) 4.5 (4.6)
 Median and 90th percentile 0, 3 1, 5 3, 10
# of violent offences in past 5 years
 Mean (SD) 0.5 (1.2) 0.9 (1.2) 1.7 (2.7)
 Median and 90th percentile 0, 2 0, 3 1, 5
# of community days in past 5 years
 Mean (SD) 347.3 (375.5) 1155.1 (194.5) 631.2 (516.6)
 Median and 90th percentile 265, 912 1112, 1462 644, 1402
# of custody days in past 5 years
 Mean (SD) 93.2 (206.6) 158.4 (214.4) 590.9 (246.5)
 Median and 90th percentile 0, 325 71, 416 511, 1021
Justice system costs in past 5 years ($CAD)b
 Mean (SD) 21,085 (42,510) 39,510 (43,702) 123,466 (49,813)
 Median and 90th percentile 2958, 69, 690 21, 407, 92,778 107, 862, 210, 386
  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. aAge was calculated at April 1, 2007
  3. bIncludes cost of Community Supervision ($6.5 per day) and cost of custody ($202 per day)