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In IPV cases, man 87.1% likely to be charged when woman suffers minor injury, woman 43.9% likely to be charged when man suffered minor injury
Topic: Legal SystemSource
Citation: Gender as a Factor in the Response of the law-Enforcement System to Violence Against Partners, p. 53 Author(s): Brown Institution(s): Link: http://www.familyofmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Grant_Partner_Violence.pdf Nation(s): Canada Year(s): 2000 Source: Primary Type: Statistical AnalysisDiscussion
Other Notes:p. 91 - "The injury level of the victim is neither positively nor negatively associated with the likelihood of a guilty finding for males accused. In contrast, the found-guilty ratio for females accused falls from an already lower 46.8% in minor-injury cases to a dramatically lower 39.3% in major-injury cases. In other words, women who were charged in major-injury offenses were less likely to be found guilty than women charged in minor-injury offenses, and were also less likely to be found guilty than men in any injury-level category."