Visible minorities and victimization, 2004

While victimization rates were similar for visible minorities and non-visible minorities between the ages of 15 and 24, visible minorities in the older age groups (25-to-34 years and 35 years and over) experienced lower victimization rates than their non-visible minority counterparts. [...] Using data from the 2001 Census of Population and self-reported data from the 2004 General Social Survey (GSS) on victimization, this profile examines certain socio-demographic and economic characteristics of visible minorities in Canada followed by an analysis of the rates and characteristics of violent crimes involving visible minority victims. [...] A profile of visible minorities in Canada1,2 According to the 2001 Census, among the visible minorities living in Canada, the Chinese group is the largest, with a population aged 15 and over of 834,145, or 3.5% of the population. [...] The analysis revealed that age was by far the strongest predictor of being the victim of a violent crime – those aged 15-to-24 had odds of being the victim of a violent crime that were nearly six times greater than for persons aged 55 and over. [...] Visible minorities’ perceptions of the criminal justice system Satisfaction with aspects of police performance lower for visible minorities While the performance of the police was generally rated favourably by both visible minorities and non- visible minorities, visible minorities were less likely to rate the police as doing a “good” job with tasks that were related to police accessibility and att