SOCIOL 2U06 Lecture Notes - Common Assault, Male Unemployment, Homicide
31 Oct 2013
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Ch 9 of baker dekeserdy patterns of violence in the fam. Ch 31 of fox gartner, dawson, crawford confronting violence in women"s lives. Prevalence: statscan based on police stats taken from 94 police departments across canada (approx. Police stats tend to really underestimate family violence. Probs because it is underreported because: feel it won"t change anything, economic dependency, not wanting to implicate a family member. In the case of elderly isolation: police data. Of victims were victims of family violence. More likely to be victimized by people we know. Among all family violence victims, 62% were victims of violence at the hands of a spouse. Although males are more likely to be victims of violent crimes, females from all age groups are more likely than males to be victims of family violence. Stalking: rates of spousal violence were higher when male is unemployed and looking for work, also higher when alcohol abuse is involved.
