Intimate Male Violence Against Women in Canada (From Violence in Canada: Sociopolitical Perspectives, P 97-125, 1995, Jeffrey Ian Ross, ed. -- See NCJ-171562)

• NCJ Number: 171566
• Author(s): W S DeKeseredy; D Ellis
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 29 pages
• Sale Source: Oxford University Press
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

This chapter addresses violence against women in Canada by tracing its roots and by suggesting that physical violence may be conceived as an extension of patriarchal and capitalist dominance.

Abstract

The authors examine the incidence of the various forms this violence can take, including violence against wives, violence against women in dating relationships, and post-separation violence. This is followed by a review of the causes of violence against women, as well as community and state responses to violence against women. The chapter concludes with a brief comparison of violence against women in Canada and the United States. Statistics are cited to show that although Canada's rate of "street crime" is much lower than that of the United States, data show that Canadians are equally, if not more, violent in intimate heterosexual contexts. Canadian rates of dating violence also approximate those of the United States. In considering policies to counter violence against women, the authors note that some policy analysts argue that current approaches to violence against women are ineffective because they do not target the broader political, economic, and cultural forces that perpetuate and legitimate violence against women, such as patriarchy. 20 notes and 34 references