SOSC 2652 Lecture Notes - Learned Helplessness, Canada Evidence Act, Intimate Partner Violence
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Crim cjs lecture discretion and the policing of wife assault. The police make policy about what law to enforce, how much to enforce it, against whom, and on what occasions. Tends to be a pattern in abuse surrounds it. Family violence child, spouse, elder abuse. The pro-charge policing policy in cases of wife assault. Officers required to lay charges when there are reasonable grounds to believe than an assault has taken place. Charging decision should not be influenced by victim"s preferences or the officer"s concern about reprisal violence. None of these are fully binding because discretion still exists. The scope of the problem of wife assault (canada) Statistics are not reliable large percent is not reported. 1993 statistics canada violence against women victimization survey. Most rigorous and comprehensive study to date. 51%of all canadian women over 18 have suffered from some form of physical or sexual assault in their lifetime.