58 25TH ANNUAL CRIME PREVENTION GUIDE members (spouses, children, parents, siblings and other family members). Other perpetrators included friends/neighbours, paid caregivers as well as staff in hospitals, group homes, nursing homes and community care facilities. A similar number of cases was investigated in 2010, 2011 and 2012. For every case investigated, many more go unreported. (Source: Prince Edward Island Adult Protection) Violence Against Children and Youth •Police reported that province-wide in 2013, 71 children and youth age 0-17 years were victims of family violence substantiated by police to be Criminal Code offences. Family violence refers to violence committed by parents, siblings, extended family and spouses. The Criminal Code and provincial/territorial child protection legislation together cover a broad spectrum of maltreatment and violence perpetrated against children and youth. Some types of child maltreatment may never reach the criminal threshold and would therefore not result in a police response or Criminal Code charges. However, in many cases, these occurrences would still be considered serious events requiring the involvement of provincial/territorial child welfare services. (Source: Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile, 2013 - pub. Jan 2015) •Between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014 Prince Edward Island Child Protection Services received 3,766 Child Protection Reports or an average of 72 reports per week, more than an average of 10 reports per day. Between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013 Child Protection Services received 3,611 Child Protection Reports or an average of 69 reports per week. Between April 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012 Child Protection Services received 3,461 Child Protection Reports and in 2010/2011 Child Protection received 3,577 reports. (Source: PEI Child Protection Services) • In Prince Edward Island, children were known to be involved in 50 per cent of domestic violence reported to police. (Source: Brown, Police Response to Domestic Violence: A Provincial Overview, 2005) •Province-wide in 2013 there were13 incidents of sexual violations against children and youth age 0-17 years reported to police that were substantiated to be Criminal Code offenses. In both 2010 and 2011, there were the 23 incidents. Incidents included sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via a computer, and (as of 2012) making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth. (Source: Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2011; 2012; 2013) www.stopfamilyviolence.pe.ca PEI STATISTICS ...continued
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