Addressing data gaps : implications for preventing domestic homicide Crystal J. Giesbrecht, Myrna Dawson, Wendy Verhoek-Oftedahl, Claudette Dumont-Smith & Anuradha Dugal
By: Giesbrecht, Crystal J
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Contributor(s): Dawson, Myrna | Verhoek-Oftedahl, Wendy | Dumont-Smith, Claudette | Dugal, Anuradha.
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ArticleSeries: Journal of Family Violence.Publisher: Springer, 2023Subject(s): 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 | CANADAOnline resources: DOI: 10.1007/s10896-023-00532-8
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Journal of Family Violence, 2023, First published online, 29 March 2023Summary: 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
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
