Citation

Barrett BJ, Pierre MS, Vaillancourt N. Women Crim. Justice 2011; 21(1): 38-62.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08974454.2011.536057

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study examines the role of sociodemographic factors and violence characteristics in influencing women's reporting behaviors and types of police intervention received in response to intimate partner violence (IPV) in Canada. A subset of female respondents to Canada's 1999 General Social Survey who experienced physical or sexual IPV by a male perpetrator and who had contact with the police as a result of the violence was used for this analysis (n = 383).

FINDINGS suggest significant racial, economic, and social variations in women's motivation for self-reporting violence to the police as well as in the types of law enforcement interventions administered by police in response to reports of IPV. Implications for policy development are examined.

Language: en

Keywords

criminal justice; intimate partner violence; police; violence against women