Community Accountability Programs Information ... - Ministry of Justice

CATEGORIES OF OFFENCES* Please note: This list should be used as a guide only. Where a case is referred to your program that does not fall within the categories listed below, please consultthe referring agent regarding the appropriateness of the referral.CATEGORY 1 CATEGORY 2 CATEGORY 3 CATEGORY 4! First and second degree murder! Attempted murder! Conspiracy to commit murder! Manslaughter! Sexual assault with a weapon, or threats to thirdparties, or causing bodily harm or aggravatedsexual assault! Sexual offences involving breach of trust and/orchildren! Robbery! Aggravated assault! Criminal harassment! Arson with disregard for human life! Break and enter or unlawfully in a dwellinghouse involving injury or attempted violence! Hostage taking! Extortion! Criminal negligence! Impaired driving or dangerous driving causingdeath or bodily harm! Use of explosives which are likely to causebodily harm or death! Sabotage! Using a firearm in the commission of an offence! Kidnapping! Unlawful confinement! Prison breach! Escape lawful custody (involving violence)! Living on the avails of prostitution, procuringetc. (s.212)! Obtaining or attempting to obtain sexualservices of children (s.212(4))! Counterfeiting! Bribery! Obstructing justice! Perjury! Mischief causing danger to life! Pornography offences (possession or making)involving children! Hate/propaganda offences! Abduction (parental)! Impaired driving and driving while over .08! Dangerous driving and driving whiledisqualified! Impaired driving or dangerous drivinginvolving a high speed chase! Spouse assault and violence against womenin relationships (except for aggravatedassaults noted in Category 1)! Assaulting a peace officer! Arson (except those arson offences noted inCategory 1)! Break and enter of a dwelling house! Carry a concealed weapon! Possession of a prohibited weapon! Possession of a weapon for a purposedangerous to the public peace! Possession of a restricted weapon! Careless use, storage or pointing a firearm! Escaping lawful custody (non-violent)! Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm! Possession of an explosive substance! Possession of forged currency and passports! Public mischief! Criminal contempt! Indecent act (targeting children)! Failures to appear and unlawfully at large! Sexual assault (other than those sexualoffences noted in Category 1)! Theft, possession of stolen property, forgery,fraud, false pretences, uttering, unlawful useof a credit card, unauthorized use of acomputer, (involving public funds, publicdocuments, internal theft, a scheme oforganized criminal activity, a position of trustor a vulnerable victim)! Hate bias offences (except as noted inCategory 1)! Assault causing bodily harm! Assault with a weapon! Child abuse (except when there is a Category1 offence)! Breach of probation or other court order! Break and enter other than adwelling house! Theft over $5,000 (except asnoted in Category 2)! Possession of stolen property over$5,000 (except as noted inCategory 2)! Forgery, fraud, false pretences,uttering, unlawful use of a creditcard, in amounts over $5,000(except as noted in Category 2)! Unauthorized use of a computer(except as noted in Category 2)! Assault – s.266 (except VAWIR)! Mischief over $5,000! Indecent act (except for offencestargeting children as noted inCategory 2)! Possession of house/car breakinginstruments! Take auto without consent! Trespass at night! Communication for the purposesof prostitution (exception:demonstrated nuisance in thecommunity, in which case thematter should be dealt with as aCategory 2 offence)! Theft under $5,000 (except as notedin Category 2)! Possession of stolen property under$5,000 (except as noted in Category2)! False pretences, uttering, unlawfuluse of a credit card, where theamounts involved are under $5,000(except as noted in Category 2)! Causing a disturbance! Mischief under $5,000