Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence in Canada: Do Victim Characteristics Matter?

Barrett, Betty; Pierre, Melissa St.; Vaillancourt, Nadine

doi:10.1080/08974454.2011.536057

Cited by 27 publications

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“…Moorcraft (30) identified the loss of public trust by women in the YT with the police. Barrett et al (31) suggested that the historical context of oppression and trauma faced by Aboriginal people negatively affected their interaction with the police and the criminal justice system.…”

Section: Systematic Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Intimate partner violence in the Canadian territorial north: perspectives from a literature review and a media watch

Moffitt¹,

Fikowski

Mauricio

et al. 2013

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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IntroductionFamily violence is a complex, multidimensional and pervasive presence in many Aboriginal communities. Although practitioners acknowledge that intimate partner violence (IPV) is a grave concern in the North, as in other jurisdictions in Canada, there is a paucity of literature about IPV and the local response to that violence.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to report on a synthesis of Northern Territorial literature and a 3-year media watch conducted in the Canadian territories.DesignThis review is part of a multidisciplinary 5-year study occurring in the Northwest Territories (NT) and northern regions of the Prairie Provinces of Canada. The methods included a review of the literature through CINAHL, PubMed, Academic Search Complete, Social Sciences Index and JSTOR (1990–2012) combined with a media watch from 2009 to 2012. A thematic content analysis was completed.ResultsThemes included: colonization; alcohol and substance use; effects of residential schooling; housing inadequacies; help-seeking behaviors; and gaps within the justice system. Identified themes from the media watch were: murders from IPV; reported assaults and criminal charges; emergency protection orders; and awareness campaigns and prevention measures.ConclusionWhen synthesized, the results of the literature review and media surveillance depict a starting context and description of IPV in the Canadian territories. There are many questions left unanswered which build support for the necessity of the current research, outline the public outcry for action in local media and identify the current published knowledge about IPV.

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Section: Systematic Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Intimate partner violence in the Canadian territorial north: perspectives from a literature review and a media watch

Moffitt¹,

Fikowski

Mauricio

et al. 2013

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…Agency qualities identified in the literature and participants concerned openness and accessibility both within (Chronister et al, 2012) of law enforcement, while essential for woman and child safety as well as a legal and professional obligation, has not consistently been experienced as positive by those who were intended to be helped. Fears about judgment (Kulkarni et al, 2012), punishment , and ineffectiveness (Barrett et al, 2011) have been noted.…”

Section: Mandatory Reportingmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…There are legitimate concerns that some formal services, such as child protection (Hughes, Chau, & Poff, 2011) or law enforcement and justice systems (Barrett, St. Pierre, & Vaillancourt, 2011) will not be able to help them in ways they want to be helped. There are fears of judgment against women as clients of the services (Kulkarni, Bell, & Rhodes, 2012) and modest confidence that they service will be able to help them with information and making decisions or protect themselves or protect their children.…”

Section: Service Responsivitymentioning

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Safety for Aboriginal Women in Couples Counseling Where There is a History of Intimate Partner Violence

Riel

Languedoc²,

Brown

et al. 2014

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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“…This includes the male partner who experienced no consequence for hitting his partner in the head with a lantern after the victim requested charges be laid shortly after the abusive incident when her trauma had eased. According to the VAWIR Policy, "if there is adequate evidence to suggest that a crime has occurred, police are required to conduct an investigation and make an arrest regardless of the wishes of the victim" (Department of Justice, 2003, as cited in Barrett, St. Pierre, & Vaillancourt, 2011). Accordingly, women's rights require some protection from trauma brought about by those who commit domestic violence.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Other research such as Gillis et al (2006), demonstrated many women who experience their male partner's violence give serious consideration to whether they want to involve the criminal justice system in their violent intimate relationships, as reported by Barrett, St. Pierre, and Vaillancourt (2011).…”

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Women's Experiences of laws, policies and practices in response to VAWIR: whose rights are maintained?

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This study explores women's experiences of the criminal justice system in response to experiencing male violence in their intimate relationships, in a northern British Columbia community. Employing qualitative research methodology, this research utilized semi-structured interviews with women who had experienced male violence in their intimate relationships. Study findings revealed that participants were victims of structural violence and covert and overt oppressions. While all participants spoke of system strengths through their positive interactions with RCMP, the majority of women felt their interactions with the criminal justice system were negative. Many women did not feel their specific protection order or more broadly, the criminal justice system process upheld their legal rights to safety.ii

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Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence in Canada: Do Victim Characteristics Matter?

Cited by 27 publications

References 31 publications

Intimate partner violence in the Canadian territorial north: perspectives from a literature review and a media watch

Intimate partner violence in the Canadian territorial north: perspectives from a literature review and a media watch

Safety for Aboriginal Women in Couples Counseling Where There is a History of Intimate Partner Violence

Women's Experiences of laws, policies and practices in response to VAWIR: whose rights are maintained?

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