Victims of Crimes Survey - Edmonton

Detailed information for 1985

This survey was designed to provide information for planning and evaluating crime prevention programs.

Data release - July 6, 1995

• Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s)
• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

This survey collected data from a random sample of households in Edmonton on the following topics: the extent and distribution of selected crimes; the impact of selected crimes; the risk of criminal victimization; and the functioning of the criminal justice system.

Subjects

• Crime and justice
• Crimes and offences

Data sources and methodology

Sampling

This is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design.

Disclosure control

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Various confidentiality rules are applied to all data that are released or published to prevent the publication or disclosure of any information deemed confidential. If necessary, data are suppressed to prevent direct or residual disclosure of identifiable data.

In order to prevent any data disclosure, confidentiality analysis is done using the Statistics Canada Generalized Disclosure Control System (G-Confid). G-Confid is used for primary suppression (direct disclosure) as well as for secondary suppression (residual disclosure). Direct disclosure occurs when the value in a tabulation cell is composed of or dominated by few enterprises while residual disclosure occurs when confidential information can be derived indirectly by piecing together information from different sources or data series.