Addressing data gaps : implications for preventing domestic homicide
Giesbrecht, Crystal J.
Addressing data gaps : implications for preventing domestic homicide Crystal J. Giesbrecht, Myrna Dawson, Wendy Verhoek-Oftedahl, Claudette Dumont-Smith & Anuradha Dugal - Springer, 2023 - Journal of Family Violence .
Journal of Family Violence, 2023, First published online, 29 March 2023
Purpose
Over a ten-year period (2010–2019), there were 815 victims of intimate partner/domestic homicide (IP/DH) in Canada. Definitions of IP/DH not only shape our understanding of these deaths; they also shape how data are collected as well as policy and prevention efforts. The Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative with Vulnerable Populations (CDHPIVP) examined IP/DH with a focus on four specific populations: Indigenous; immigrant and refugee; people living in rural, remote, and northern areas; and children exposed to domestic violence. Not only is the issue of defining IP/DH complex, but complexity also arises in how we define specific populations that experience different risks, barriers, and vulnerabilities to intimate partner violence and IP/DH.
Methods
At the conclusion of the CDHPIVP, the authors participated in a panel discussion; this article reports and expands upon that discussion by discussing the availability and accessibility of IP/DH data, including official data sources, court decisions, media reports, and domestic violence death reviews.
Results
We provide an overview of available data, as well as data gaps, regarding IP/DH among each of the four populations, as well as available data sources and challenges in data accessibility.
Conclusions
We share our priorities for enhancing data to inform researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners who are working toward the prevention of IP/DH. Specifically, we note the importance of partnerships for collecting and working with data and opportunities for enhancing data quality regarding research with each of the four populations. (Authors' abstract). Record #8097
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
DATA ANALYSIS
FEMICIDE
HOMICIDE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
IWI TAKETAKE
MIGRANTS
REFUGEES
RURAL AREAS
STATISTICS
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
CANADA
Addressing data gaps : implications for preventing domestic homicide Crystal J. Giesbrecht, Myrna Dawson, Wendy Verhoek-Oftedahl, Claudette Dumont-Smith & Anuradha Dugal - Springer, 2023 - Journal of Family Violence .
Journal of Family Violence, 2023, First published online, 29 March 2023
Purpose
Over a ten-year period (2010–2019), there were 815 victims of intimate partner/domestic homicide (IP/DH) in Canada. Definitions of IP/DH not only shape our understanding of these deaths; they also shape how data are collected as well as policy and prevention efforts. The Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative with Vulnerable Populations (CDHPIVP) examined IP/DH with a focus on four specific populations: Indigenous; immigrant and refugee; people living in rural, remote, and northern areas; and children exposed to domestic violence. Not only is the issue of defining IP/DH complex, but complexity also arises in how we define specific populations that experience different risks, barriers, and vulnerabilities to intimate partner violence and IP/DH.
Methods
At the conclusion of the CDHPIVP, the authors participated in a panel discussion; this article reports and expands upon that discussion by discussing the availability and accessibility of IP/DH data, including official data sources, court decisions, media reports, and domestic violence death reviews.
Results
We provide an overview of available data, as well as data gaps, regarding IP/DH among each of the four populations, as well as available data sources and challenges in data accessibility.
Conclusions
We share our priorities for enhancing data to inform researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners who are working toward the prevention of IP/DH. Specifically, we note the importance of partnerships for collecting and working with data and opportunities for enhancing data quality regarding research with each of the four populations. (Authors' abstract). Record #8097
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
DATA ANALYSIS
FEMICIDE
HOMICIDE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
IWI TAKETAKE
MIGRANTS
REFUGEES
RURAL AREAS
STATISTICS
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
CANADA