Declines of spousal homicide in Canada linked to trends in education, employment and divorce rates
Date
2012-12-10
Authors
Dawson, M.
Pottie Bunge, V.
Balde, T.
Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship
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Abstract
In Canada, a smaller male-female employment gap was tied to fewer female spousal homicides, while higher rates of male education were associated with fewer male spousal homicides. For both males and females, a lower divorce rate was linked to a lower spousal homicide rate.
Description
This summary is a project of the Institute for Community Engaged
Scholarship (ICES) at the University of Guelph, with project partners:
the Business Development Office (BDO), SPARK Program at the
University of Guelph, and Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York
University. This project is part of the Pan-Canadian Research
Impact Network. http://csahs.uoguelph.ca/pps/Clear_Research
Keywords
homicide, spouse, domestic violence, gender equality, divorce, education, employment