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Confidence in access to fair and equal justice (criminal)
Domain
Good governance
Subdomain
Justice and human rights
Indicator
Confidence in access to fair and equal justice (criminal)
Definition
Proportion of the population by level of confidence that the criminal justice system is fair and accessible to all people.
Measurement
This indicator is measured in the Department of Justice's National Justice Survey.
Survey respondents are asked:
How confident are you that the Canadian criminal justice system is...
- Fair to all people *
- Accessible to all people *
[Levels marked with * are randomized]
- Not at all confident
- Moderately confident
- Very confident
The questions on the criminal justice system have been included since 2018. The label "Moderately confident" was added to the middle response category on the questions above as of 2023.
Data sources
Data visualizations
- Infographic: Confidence in the Canadian Youth Criminal Justice System, 2023 (Department of Justice Canada)
- The National Justice Survey 2022 Infographic: Confidence in the Canadian Criminal Justice System (Department of Justice Canada)
Data analysis
- Perceptions of and confidence in Canada’s criminal and civil justice systems: Key findings from the 2023 National Justice Survey (Department of Justice Canada, February 2024)
- Perceptions of and confidence in the Canadian family justice system: Key findings from the 2022 National Justice Survey (Department of Justice Canada, March 2023)
- National Justice Survey 2021
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