Overview

Abstract (English)

This paper explores ways in which data on the administration of justice held by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) have been used, and could be used, for longitudinal and network research on delinquency and crime, and some problems associated with such research. The paper focuses mainly on the Incident-Based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR2), but also considers the Youth Court Survey (YCS) and Adult Criminal Court Survey (ACCS). Although none of these surveys has a unique identifier for individuals, they have been used to do longitudinal research on the recorded “criminal careers” of accused offenders, by linking the records over multiple years for each accused person, matching on soundex code, sex and date of birth. Some results are presented. Research on delinquent and criminal networks would require linking together incidents involving overlapping sets of co-accused in different incidents.

Abstract (French)

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