TY  - SER
AU  - Giesbrecht, Crystal J. 
AU  - Dawson, Myrna
AU  - Verhoek-Oftedahl, Wendy
AU  - Dumont-Smith, Claudette
AU  - Dugal, Anuradha
TI  - Addressing data gaps : : implications for preventing domestic homicide
PY  - 2023///
PB  - Springer, 
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
KW  - DATA ANALYSIS
KW  - FEMICIDE
KW  - HOMICIDE
KW  - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - IWI TAKETAKE
KW  - MIGRANTS
KW  - REFUGEES
KW  - RURAL AREAS
KW  - STATISTICS
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - CANADA
N1  - Journal of Family Violence, 2023, First published online, 29 March 2023
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00532-8
ER  -