Canada: New Study on Dating Violence

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2010-06-30 18:45

A new study by Statistics Canada using police arrest data is being widely circulated in the Canadian Media.

Some places:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Abused+women+still+partners+dependable/2905307/story.html

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Dating+violence+increases+most+grown+women/3215995/story.html

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/29/dating-violence.html

My commentary/criticism:

Police statistics on domestic violence are not representative of society and are just bad statistics.

There is a lack of willingness for boys to report violence as it is embarrassing, as well as reluctance for police to press charges against girls.

Alternate source material can be found in Dominance and symmetry in partner violence by male and female university students in 32 nations (.pdf file) by Murray Straus.

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