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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 System

Source

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 Analysis

Discussion

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.”