Canada: Alberta targets domestic violence

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2010-06-10 22:09

Story here. Excerpt:

'The Alberta government is spending $2.4 million on programs to fight domestic violence in the province, the province's justice minister said Thursday.

Minister of Justice and Attorney General Alison Redford made the announcement at a conference in Calgary — a city that saw nine domestic homicides last year, well above the national average.

"Last spring a young woman was murdered in the home that she shared with her children and her common-law husband," Redford said.

"To know that women have died and that children are impacted is a tragedy. And it's not a tragedy that we can let happen. We need to make sure that there is a consistent message out there that if kids or parents need help — even if it's someone who is abusing — that they are able to reach out and get that help."'

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The problem is when they are all about women-only-as-victims approaches.

Also, let's look at the bloody book-keeping of homicides and prevention programs: how much money was spent last year on anti-homicide programs generally in the same political area in question vs. how much was (or will) be spent on preventing a particular kind of homicide? I am betting a lot more money relatively speaking is going to anti-DV-homicide work as compared to anti-homicide work given the number of bodies that are piled up.

I can say with certainty that the funding for general anti-homicide efforts in the great State of New York is nothing compared to the anti-homicide efforts around DV (the female-victim-only kind, too). This is because most murder victims are men. But to be fair, taking this all for granted and calling it another day at the shop is pretty much like everywhere else...

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2010-06-11 02:09