Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides, 1917-2007

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5F. Statistics Canada Homicide Survey The Statistics Canada Homicide Survey is a three-part questionnaire designed to collect and analyse data relating to individual homicide cases. The survey is normally completed by the police officer or officers in charge of the case. Confidentiality restrictions govern access to the data collected. The Homicide Survey is designed to accommodate all types of homicides, victims and suspects and therefore covers a lot of information not strictly relevant to taxi driver homicides. It also ignores many topics of particular interest to those studying these homicides. As a result, although it draws on the Homicide Survey to some extent, the Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides project is more closely related to Charles Rathbone's analysis of U.S. taxi driver homicides. The following lists itemize the specific items covered in the survey questionnaire: Incident Questionnaire Victim Questionnaire Charged / Suspect Chargeable Questionnaire Incident Questionnaire 1. Name of force / detachment 2. Respondent code 3. Incident file number 4. Number of homicide victims 5. Number of chargeable homicide suspects 6. Date of incident (YYYY/MM/DD) (if exact date is unknown, estimate the date) 7. Time of incident (if exact time is unknown, estmate the time) From 00:01 to 04:00 From 04:01 to 08:00 From 08:01 to 12:00 From 12:01 to 16:00 From 16:01 to 20:00 From 20:01 to 24:00 Unknown 8. Specific location of incident (check one only) Single home, house, townhouse Other residential dwelling unit (e.g., rooming house, dormitory, seniors' residence) Apartment building Hotel, motel, bed & breakfast Convenience store Gas bar Bank, trust company Bar, restaurant, after-hours club Other commercial / corporate place Parking lot School (Primary / Secondar) University / College Correctional institution Community group home / halfway house Public institution Privately owned vehicle Taxi, limousine Public transportation and / or connected facility Street, road, highway Open area Other - specify Unknown 9. Occupancy of the residence where the incident occurred Joint occupancy by one or more victims and one or more of the chargeable suspects Occupied by one or more victims Neither any of the victims nor any of the chargeable suspects were occupants Unknown 10. Location of the incident (City - Town - Village / County - Township - Rural Municipality) (if rural, give section, township and range or distance to nearest town) 11. Most serious violation Murder - 1st degree Murder - 2nd degree Manslaughter Infanticide 12. Clearance status Cleared by charge (laid or recommended) Cleared by suicide Cleared otherwise - specify Not cleared 13. Clearance date (YYYY/MM/DD) 14. Associated or related offence committed by the chargeable suspect(s) that led to this homicide (e.g., robbery that ends in the death of the victim(s) (check the most serious offence) No related offence Sexual assault Other assault Kidnapping, abduction, etc. Robbery - personal Robbery - bank, other commercial institution Criminal harassment (Stalking) Other violent crime Arson Break and enter Theft Other property crime Prostitution-related offence Other Criminal Code Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Other Federal / Provincial Statute Unknown 15. Drug involved if this is a drug-related incident (i.e., drug trafficking or settling of drug accounts) (check the drug involved in the most serious CDSA offence) Not drug-related Cannabis Cocaine (includes crack) Heroin Other controlled drugs and substances Evidence of drugs - type unknown Unknown 16. Evidence that this incident was gang-related (involving street, motorcycle, youth gangs, etc.) Yes No Unknown 17. Apparent motive related to this incident (check one only) Settling of accounts (e.g., drug / gang-related) Revenge Jealousy Concealment (e.g., killing newborn) Argument or quarrel Frustration, anger or despair Financial gain, protection of assets Personal protection (e.g., self-defence, battered spouse, etc.) Hate crime Fear of apprehension Terrorism, political cause Random killing No apparent motive Other - specify Unknown 18. Narrative (Provide a summary of special or specific circumstances leading up to and surrounding the homicide incident) Victim Questionnaire 1. Incident file number 2. Victim number 3. Name of victim (Surname and given name) or Unknown 4. Gender of victim Male Female Unknown 5. Date of birth of victim: A. (YYYY/MM/DD). B. If victim's date of birth is unknown, estimate the age at time of incident (Years) or Less than 1 year of age (includes newborn) Fetus (unborn child) Unknown 6. Marital status of victim Single (never married) Married (legal) Married (common law / cohabitation) Divorced Separated (legal or informal) Widowed Unknown 7. Aboriginal origin of victim Not collected / released by police force Non-aboriginal origin North American Indian Metis Inuit / Eskimo Unknown 8. Employment status of victim Employed (includes part-time, casual, self employed, ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES) Unemployed Not in labour force: Less than 15 years of age Not in labour force: Student Not in labour force: Retired Not in labour force: Homemaker Not in labour force: Other - specify (e.g., SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, disability, etc.) Unknown 9. Occupation of victim - specify or Unknown 10. Victim's death associated with their profession (e.g., police officer, taxi driver, prostitute, drug trafficker, etc.) Unemployed, not in labour force Yes No Unknown 11. Victim's previous conviction for criminal activities No previous conviction Most serious conviction: Homicide Most serious conviction: Robbery Most serious conviction: Other viiolent offence Most serious conviction: Property offence Most serious conviction: Drug offence Most serious conviction: Other Criminal Code or Federal / Provincial Statute offence Unknown 12. Apparent cause of death (i.e., primary method causing death) Shooting Stabbing Beating / blow(s) Strangulation, suffocation, drowning Poisoning or lethal injection Smoke inhalation, burns (fire, liquid, acid) Exposure, hypothermia Shaken Baby Syndrome Other cause - specify Unknown 13. Weapon used to kill victim (check one only) No weapon used Fully automatic firearm Sawed-off rifle / shotgun Handgun (semi-automatic / revolver) Rifle / shotgun Firearm-like weapon Other firearm - type unknown Knife Other piercing / cutting instrument Club or blunt instrument Explosives Fire, boiling liquid, acid Ligature (e.g., rope, belt, cable) Poison, drugs, gas, fumes Motor vehicle Other weapon - specify Other weapon - type unknown Hands, feet, etc. Unknown 14. Firearm registration Yes (Certificate number) No Unknown or firearm not recovered 15. Owner of the firearm Chargeable suspect Victim Other Unknown 16. Chargeable suspect's possession of a valid FAC or Firearms License Yes No Unknown 17. Status of the recovered firearm In possession of owner / loaned / borrowed Stolen Lost or missing Unknown 18. Classification of the identified weapon Restricted Prohibited Neither restricted nor prohibited Unknown 19. Consumption of alcohol, drug, or intoxicating substance by victim (check one only) No alcohol or drug consumed Both alcohol and drug consumption Alcohol consumption only Drug consumption only Consumption of intoxicating substance - inhalant, etc. Consumption of intoxicant - type unknown Unknown 20. Blood alcohol level of victim (milligramsof alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood) or . Unknown 21. Victim was first to use or first to threaten to use physical force or violence in this incident Yes No Unknown 22. CLOSEST Chargeable Suspect - Victim Relationship (code the closest relationship between any of the chargeable suspects and this victim) (Chargeable suspect number (Question 2 on Charged / Suspect-Chargeable Questionnaire)) or No Chargeable Suspect Chargeable suspect was: Husband (legally married) Chargeable suspect was: Common-law husband Chargeable suspect was: Separated husband Chargeable suspect was: Divorced husband Chargeable suspect was: wife (legally married) Chargeable suspect was: Common-law wife Chargeable suspect was: Separated wife Chargeable suspect was: Divorced wife Chargeable suspect was: (Ex) Same sex spouse Chargeable suspect was: Father Chargeable suspect was: Step-father Chargeable suspect was: Mother Chargeable suspect was: Step-mother Chargeable suspect was: Son Chargeable suspect was: Step-son Chargeable suspect was: Daughter Chargeable suspect was: Step-daughter Chargeable suspect was: Brother Chargeable suspect was: Sister Chargeable suspect was: Other family Chargeable suspect was: Boyfriend Chargeable suspect was: Girlfriend Chargeable suspect was: Same sex relationship Chargeable suspect was: Extra-marital lover Chargeable suspect was: Estranged lover Chargeable suspect was: Other intimate relationship Chargeable suspect was: Close friend Chargeable suspect was: Neighbour Chargeable suspect was: Authority figure Chargeable suspect was: Business relationship Chargeable suspect was: Criminal relationship Chargeable suspect was: Casual acquaintance Chargeable suspect was: Stranger Chargeable suspect was: Other - specify Unknown Charged / Suspect Chargeable Questionnaire 1. Incident file number 2. Chargeable suspect number 3. Name of chargeable suspect (Surname and given name) or Unknown 4. Gender of chargeable suspect Male Female Unknown 5. Date of birth of chargeable suspect: A. (YYYY/MM/DD). B. If chargeable suspect's date of birth is unknown, estimate the age at time of incident (Years) or Less than 1 year of age (includes newborn) Fetus (unborn child) Unknown 6. Marital status of chargeable suspect Single (never married) Married (legal) Married (common law / cohabitation) Divorced Separated (legal or informal) Widowed Unknown 7. Aboriginal origin of chargeable suspect Not collected / released by police force Non-aboriginal origin North American Indian Metis Inuit / Eskimo Unknown 8. Employment status of chargeable suspect Employed (includes part-time, casual, self employed, ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES) Unemployed Not in labour force: Less than 15 years of age Not in labour force: Student Not in labour force: Retired Not in labour force: Homemaker Not in labour force: Other - specify (e.g., SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, disability, etc.) Unknown 9. Occupation of chargeable suspect - specify or Unknown 10. Country of residence of chargeable suspect Canada United States Other country Unknown 11. Clearance status of chargeable suspect Charges laid or recommended Cleared by suicide of chargeable suspect Cleared otherwise - specify 12. Most serious charge laid or recommended against the chargeable suspect Murder 1st-degree Murder 2nd-degree Manslaughter Infanticide 13. FPS number of chargeable suspect or Not applicable Unknown 14. Chargeable suspect's previous conviction for criminal activities No previous conviction Most serious conviction: Homicide Most serious conviction: Robbery Most serious conviction: Other viiolent offence Most serious conviction: Property offence Most serious conviction: Drug offence Most serious conviction: Other Criminal Code or Federal / Provincial Statute offence Unknown 15. Suspected mental or developmental disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, mental retardation, etc. Yes No Unknown 16. Consumption of alcohol, drug, or intoxicating substance by chargeable suspect (check one only) No alcohol or drug consumed Both alcohol and drug consumption Alcohol consumption only Drug consumption only Consumption of intoxicating substance - inhalant, etc. Consumption of intoxicant - type unknown Unknown 17. History of family violence involving this chargeable suspct and any homicide victim(s) in this incident Not a family homicide Yes No Unknown Top of Page | Next | Previous | Contents | Taxi-L Home