CRM 202 Lecture Notes - General Social Survey, Visible Minority, Stepfamily
28 Nov 2013
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Patterns of violence within the family: patterns of violence within the family: Police-reported violence against seniors: corporal punishment in canada, cbc podcast shannon moroney"s story, part i (http://www. cbc. ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/10/11/shannon-moroneys-story/) Broad definitions of family (eg. marriage, adoption, foster care, step and blended [two. Victimization surveys designed specifically to measure family violence may result in higher estimates of its occurrence in the community. The breadth of the definitions used in the survey may also influence the findings families that existed separately come together, re-marriage] family arrangements ) will result in higher reported rates. Broad definitions of violence , which go beyond physical attacks to include threats of violence and physical and emotional abuse, will also increase estimates. [emotional abuse, threats, etc. might not be criminal nature but are areas of study we want to look at] Note that family violence is gendered [males and females experience it differently and react to it differently, so it"s about the differences rather than the quantity]
