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Journal Article: Addressing Data Gaps: Implications for Preventing Domestic Homicide

The article Addressing Data Gaps: Implications for Preventing Domestic Homicide has been published online in the Journal of Family Violence. Read the article here or email for a copy.

Over a ten-year period (2010–2019), there were 815 victims of intimate partner/domestic homicide in Canada. The Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative with Vulnerable Populations (CDHPIVP) examined intimate partner/domestic homicide with a focus on four specific populations: Indigenous; immigrant and refugee; people living in rural, remote, and northern areas; and children exposed to domestic violence. At the conclusion of the CDHPIVP, the authors (Crystal J. Giesbrecht, PATHS; Myrna Dawson, Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence, University of Guelph; Wendy Verhoek-Oftedahl, Prince Edward Island; Claudette Dumont-Smith, Québec Native Women’s Association, &  Anuradha Dugal, Canadian Women’s Foundation) participated in a panel discussion; this article reports and expands upon that discussion by discussing the availability and accessibility of IP/DH data, including official data sources, court decisions, media reports, and domestic violence death reviews.