SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Domestic Violence, Public Health, Meta-Analysis
9 Aug 2016
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Family based violence increases odds of committing crime. A range of abusive behaviours that occur within a relationship based on kinship. Just when children watch abuse, and aren t subject to violence, they are still more prone to be offenders. 1 every 6 days a woman is murdered by spouse in canada. Canada has ratified convention on the rights of the child in 91. Children who are subject to drugs while in the womb they are more prone to become drug dependant. *risk factor predicts an increased probability of later offending. *protective factors: conditions that counter risk factors or increase resistance to them. Not everyone exposed to risk factor commits crime, just increase odds. Protective factors include family income, size of house, social status. Prospective longitudinal study means the study is done prior to the offending. They should examine risk factors before, during and after study. Studies look at start of offending, continuation of offending,
