CHILDREN’S.101:	Basic self-defense techniques, with focus on common attacks. Help teach your child not to be a victim! Course Length: 2 hours
CHILDREN’S 102:	Intermediate self-defense and awareness drills, with focus on stranger and street safety. Course Length: 2 hours Prerequisite: Children’s 101

Assault on Children - Statistics In Canada

In 1996, children under 18 were the victims of 22% of assaults reported to police agencies. They represented a much larger proportion of all sexual assault victims (60%) than physical assault victims (18%).

While the majority of assaults against children were committed by non-family members, family members were accused in 24% of all assaults against children. This includes 32% of all sexual assaults and 20% of physical assaults. Family members were responsible for the majority of assaults against very young children. Almost 70% of victims under the age of three were physically assaulted by family members, and parents accounted for 85% of these.

Girls were the victims of assaults by family members more often than were boys. Victims were female in 56% of physical assaults, and almost 80% of sexual assaults.

Fathers made up a large majority (80%) of parents accused of assaulting their children, accounting for 98% of parents accused of sexual assault and 73% of parents accused of physical assault. Between 1974 and 1996, there were 1,994 victims of homicide under 18 years of age, accounting for 13% of all homicide victims in Canada during this period.

Despite yearly fluctuations, the homicide rate for children has remained relatively constant. In 1996, the child homicide rate was half the rate for adults. A history of violence was considered to be a factor in 26% of all child homicides committed by a family member.