Justice committee  We have two separate surveys that collect crime information in Canada. One is the uniform crime reporting survey. The other is the homicide survey, which is specific to homicides that occur in this country, and it collects more detailed information. If the police deem that a homi

Justice committee  The survey that we used to collect information from police services has changed over time. The information is reliable and accurate going back in time. What has changed is the detailed level of information that is available.

Justice committee  It depends on how you're defining “serious violent crime”.

Justice committee  If you look at particular offences, you can see ups and downs, depending on which offence you're looking at. I could certainly provide the committee with information on all the different offences that we have data on, specifically for youth.

Justice committee  For that information we could go back to 1991.

Justice committee  Because it's specific to gang-related homicides, and that information was standardized in 1991.

Justice committee  I can tell you that in 2007 the numbers were fairly similar to what you see here. Prior to that, I'd have to go back and look at the data.

Justice committee  In July.

Justice committee  Again, for all of the categories that you see here for 2008, the numbers are similar in 2007.

Justice committee  We could certainly provide the specific numbers to the committee.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Certainly.

Justice committee  Correct.

Justice committee  Well, there isn't always an accused person associated with a violation, because sometimes an incident can occur but nobody's actually identified. As well, for the number of violations that you see here, there can be multiple violations associated with one incident. The UCR surv

Justice committee  Correct.