SOC 1500 Lecture 14: soc1500-lec14

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

Tuesday, november 1, 2016 soc1500- lec14 violence against women. The overwhelming burden of partner violence is borne by women at the hands of men -world health organization (who) Intimate partner violence (ipv) is more speci c. Kelly and johnson (2008) distinguish between 4 types of ipv: coercive controlling violence. Most often experienced by women: situational couple violence. Experienced by men and women: violent resistance. Usually used by women: separation-instigated violence. Well-known that ipv is underreported to the police: of cial statistics are a poor measure. Victimization surveys are the preferred measurement approach. 4% canadians were physically or sexually abused by their partner in the last 5 years: 41% of victims continued to be abused post-break up, most severe forms of violence more likely to be reported by women. 70% of incidents were not reported to the police. Aboriginal people were more than twice as likely (9%) to report experiencing ipv.