Origin, birthplace, nationality and language of the Canadian people

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Identifikator:: 1794974814

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-182133

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Origin, birthplace, nationality and language of the Canadian people

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Acland

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 224 S.; Diagramme

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter X. The relation of origins and nativity to crime

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RATE OF CONVICTIONS OF CANADIAN BORN AND IMMIGRANTS 201 In Table A it is seen that 719 convictions occurred in 1924 per 100,000 males in Canada between the ages of 16 and 20 inclusive. Table C shows that 9.4 p.c. of the Canadian born males in 1921 were in that age group. Applying that rate to the Canadian born males 16-20, it is apparent that 9.4 p.c. of 719 or 67.6 would be the number of males at those ages per 100,000 Canadian born males (all ages), who would be convicted of indictable offences. Applying the rates 501 and 180 respectively in a similar manner to other age groups, it is found there would be 120.2 convictions of Canadian born males between the ages of 21 and 39 inclusive and 41.9 for the group 40 and over. Adding the numbers so computed for the three age classes a total of 229.7 is secured as the number per 100,000 Canadian born males (all ages) who would be convicted of indictable offences on the basis of age distribution as it actually existed in 1921, and on the assumption that crime at the various ages was neither more nor less prevalent among Canadian born males than among the male population as a whole in 1924 (the standard year). Like computations were made for the other British and Foreign born males and 4 summary appears in Table E. In Table F are presented similar data for females of each nativity group. -. TABLE E—NUMPZR ~™ ALES PER 100,000 MALE POPULATION OF EACH NATIVITY WHO WOULD BE CONVICTED G.':.. ... . ABLE OFFENCES ON THE BASIS OF UNIFORM CRIME RaTEs FOR MALES OF ALI NATIVITY GROUPS. 16-20ueicviinin iimmnns 21-39......... 10 and over. Total............ Age Group pee Canadian born 67-6 120-2 41-9 229.7 Other British horn Foreign born 51-2 55:4 211.0 | 236-0 "4.5 50-8 337-6 | 352.2 TABLE F.—_NUMBER OF FEM ALES PER 100,000 FEM ALE POPULATION OF EACH NATIVITY WHO WOULD BE CONVICTED OF INDICTABLE OFFENCES ON THE BASIS OF UNIFORM CRIME RATES FOR FEMALES OF ALL NATIVITY GROUPS 16-20........- 21-39......... 40 and over... Potol.,y. coma; candass Age Group Canadian born 6-4 ny.¢ m8 + Other British born #1 Foreign born 7-2 39-6 9-9 56-7 The totals in the last two tables give an index of the allowance that must be made on the score of age distribution in comparing the different nativity groups in respect to criminality, as indicated by convictions for indictable offences. Taking the rates forthe Canadian born as a basis, a simple calculation shows that the age distribution of the “ Other British” born males is 47 p.c., and of the foreign born males, 53 p.c. more favour- able to crime than that of the Canadian born males; and the age distribution of the “Other British” born and foreign born females 60 p.c. more favourable than that for the Canadian born females. The next problem is to determine the importance of differences in sex distribution. The numbers of males and females shown in Table A constitute the following proportions of the population (both sexes) in respective nativity groups. Nativity Percentage of total population, males Percentage of total population, females Canadian BOT... iii ricer saris erin iaeranasaanrneann Other British bor... ... oi iii iii eee teeta gnaaann Foreign born... vee ores eee. ee cee ere 50-4 49-6 53-2 46-8 58:3 | hit If rates for Canadian males and females as given in Tables E and F, be weighted by the proportions of males and females in the total Canadian born population, allowance would thereby be made for the peculiar sex distribution of that nativity group, and the resulting figure would measure the expected number of convictions per 100000 of the

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