The Federal Victim Surcharge in Saskatchewan

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Table of Contents

• Highlights
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 The Federal Victim Surcharge
  • 1.2 The Provincial Victim Surcharge and Victim Services in Saskatchewan
  • 1.3 Other Research
  • 1.4 Caselaw
• 2. Methodology
  • 2.1 Data Sources
  • 2.2 Limitations of the Study
  • 2.3 Ethics
• 3. Findings
  • 3.1 Imposition and Waiver Rates
  • 3.2 Waiver Process
  • 3.3 Collection Rates
    • 3.3.1 Amounts Owing
  • 3.4 Perspectives of Criminal Justice Professionals
• 4. Key Learnings
  • 4.1 Increase awareness, for all players in the criminal justice system-especially judiciary, defence and probation officers, of the importance of FVS in terms of funding specific programs
  • 4.2 Increase involvement of criminal justice professionals at imposition and at enforcement
  • 4.3 Examine enforcement of monetary penalties in general – same approach to FVS as to restitution and fines
  • 4.4 Improve data tracking mechanism
  • 4.5 Appeal appropriate cases
  • 4.6 Examine effectiveness of CRA program
  • 4.7 In Conclusion
• References
• Appendix A
• Appendix B

List of Tables

• Table 1: Responses by stakeholder group as to whether the FVS is waived more often than it should be
• Table 2: Federal Victim Surcharge waiver rates by disposition, 2002/03-2006/07
• Table 3: Federal Victim Surcharge waiver rates by most serious offence, 2002/03-2006/07
• Table 4: Federal Victim Surcharge waiver rates by specific offence, 2002/03-2006/07
• Table 5: Federal Victim Surcharge waiver rates by gender and type of accused, 2002/03-2006/07
• Table 6: Federal Victim Surcharge waiver rates by summary and indictable offence, 2002/03-2006/07
• Table 7: Logistic Regression for factors influencing FVS waiver in Saskatchewan Provincial Courts, 2002/03-2006/07
• Table 8: Collection data by fiscal year, 2002/03-2006/07
• Table 9: Provincial and Federal Surcharges owing over 6+ years