Violence Perpetrated by Ex-spouses in Canada

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Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Methodology
• 3. Results
  • 3.1 The prevalence of ex-spousal violence
  • 3.2 Violence after separation
    • 3.2.1 Severity and frequency of post-separation violence
    • 3.2.2 Emotional and financial abuse
  • 3.3 Emotional consequences of ex-spousal violence
  • 3.4 Police intervention
    • 3.4.1 Victim satisfaction with police intervention
    • 3.4.2 Changes in violence after reporting to police
    • 3.4.3 Reasons for reporting and not reporting to police
  • 3.5 Child witnesses of violence
  • 3.6 Residence of the child(ren) and post-separation/divorce contact with child(ren)
  • 3.7 Criminal Harassment
  • 3.8 Homicide
    • 3.8.1 Relationship type and victim age
    • 3.8.2 Motive
    • 3.8.3 Number of victims
    • 3.8.4 Homicide-suicide
    • 3.8.5 Location of homicides
    • 3.8.6 Use of a Weapon
    • 3.8.7 History of Spousal Violence
• 4. Conclusion
• References

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Percentage of victims of self-reported ex-spousal violence within the past 5 years, 1999, 2004 and 2009, by gender of victim
• Figure 2. Reasons for not reporting violence to police
• Figure 3. Average homicide rates for women by accused-victim relationship and age group of victim, 2007-2011
• Figure 4. Average homicide rates for men by accused-victim relationship and age group of victim, 2007-2011
• Figure 5. Victims of homicide perpetrated by ex-spouses by occupancy of residence where the incident occurred and gender of victim, 2000-2011