Black people in criminal courts in Canada: An exploration using the relative rate index

Black people in criminal courts in Canada: An exploration using the relative rate index This report presents findings on the representation and outcomes of Black people as accused in Canadian criminal courts. This is the first time that national statistics on Black accused in criminal courts are reported in Canada. 2023-06-05 Department of Justice Canada OG-GO@justice.gc.ca Government and PoliticsLawCriminal CourtsOverrepresentationCriminal Justice SystemRelative Rate Index Black people in criminal courts in Canada: An exploration using the relative rate indexHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/rrbb-bbrr/index.html Black people in criminal courts in Canada: An exploration using the relative rate indexHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/pr-rp/jr/bbrr-rrbb/index.html Black people in criminal courts in Canada: An exploration using the relative rate indexPDF https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/rrbb-bbrr/pdf/RSD2023_Report-Black-EN.pdf Black people in criminal courts in Canada: An exploration using the relative rate indexPDF https://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/pr-rp/jr/bbrr-rrbb/pdf/RSD2023_Report-Black-FR.pdf Research in Brief: Black people in criminal court in Canada: An exploration using the Relative Rate IndexHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/rrbb-bbrr/rrbb-bbrr.html Research in Brief: Black people in criminal court in Canada: An exploration using the Relative Rate IndexHTML https://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/pr-rp/jr/bbrr-rrbb/bbrr-rrbb.html Research in Brief: Black people in criminal court in Canada: An exploration using the Relative Rate IndexPDF https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/rrbb-bbrr/pdf/RSD2023_RIB_Black_people_in_criminal_courts_in_Canada_EN.pdf Research in Brief: Black people in criminal court in Canada: An exploration using the Relative Rate IndexPDF https://www.justice.gc.ca/fra/pr-rp/jr/bbrr-rrbb/pdf/RSD2023_RIB-Black_people_in_criminal_courts_in_Canada_FR.pdf

This report presents findings on the representation and outcomes of Black people as accused in Canadian criminal courts. This is the first time that national statistics on Black accused in criminal courts are reported in Canada.

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