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In IPV cases, women who were charged in medium- and high-injury cases were less likely to be taken into custody (50.0%) than men who were charged in NO-INJURY cases (54.2%)

Topic: Legal System

Source

Citation: Gender as a Factor in the Response of the law-Enforcement System to Violence Against Partners, pp. 84-85

Author(s): Brown

Institution(s):

Link: http://www.familyofmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Grant_Partner_Violence.pdf

Nation(s): Canada

Year(s): 2001

Source: Primary

Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

p. 85 – “While the proportion of men who were taken into custody rose steadily with the level of injury inflicted (as one would expect), there was no relationship between the likelihood of being taken into custody and the level of injury inflicted by women, except at the highest level of injury.”