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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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3 results foundAuthor: Curtis, Melina Title: Statistical Analysis and Summary of Themes Family Violence Death Reviews of Deaths between 2004 – 2011 Summary: This report includes data about family violence deaths that occurred between 2004 and Sept 2011, where a family violence death review was carried out. It does not include all FV deaths that occurred during the period. Family violence death victims were almost evenly proportioned across adult female (36%), adult male (31%) and child deaths (33%). Adult males were more commonly killed by people outside of their immediate family (not people they lived with) while women and children were most commonly killed by people who lived in the same house. Children were more often killed by their mothers than any other group of suspects: Fifteen out of 33 child victims (45%) were killed by their mothers. Five newborn babies (15% of child victims) were killed by women who concealed their pregnancy and killed the baby immediately after birth. Six children were killed by their mothers, prior to the mother committing suicide. Details: Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Police, 2012. 26p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 11, 2013 at: http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/resources/family-violence-death-review-2004-2011.pdf Year: 2012 Country: New Zealand URL: http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/resources/family-violence-death-review-2004-2011.pdf Shelf Number: 127569 Keywords: Family Violence (New Zealand)HomicidesInfanticideIntimate Partner Violence |
Author: Queensland. Crime and Misconduct Commission Title: Vulnerable Victims: Child Homicide by Parents Summary: Vulnerable victims are those who are susceptible to becoming victims of violence because of their limited capacity to protect and remove themselves from danger. Generally speaking, criminal investigations involving vulnerable victims are protracted, sensitive and labour-intensive. The investigations can be particularly complex and challenging to carry out using conventional law enforcement powers. For cases where conventional practices have not proved effective, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) may request access to the special investigative powers of the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC), if it is considered that the use of the coercive hearings power may benefit the investigation. Historically, these types of investigations were referred to the CMC on a case-by-case basis at the request of the Commissioner of Police. The CMC’s vulnerable victims research program was established to help the CMC to conduct coercive hearings under the new referral. Papers in the vulnerable victims research program review published literature from a range of subject areas, including law enforcement, criminology, psychology and pathology. This Research and Issues Paper focuses on cases of suspected homicide of vulnerable victims under the age of 16, particularly homicide perpetrated by a parent. Although police investigators are the paper’s primary audience, the paper is also a useful reference for professionals such as clinicians, ambulance officers or child protection workers who may encounter children at risk of being murdered by their parent. Details: Brisbane: Crime and Misconduct Commission, 2013. 22p. Source: Internet Resource: Research and Issues No. 10: Accessed August 12, 2013 at: http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications/research/vulnerable-victims-child-homicide-by-parents Year: 2013 Country: Australia URL: http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications/research/vulnerable-victims-child-homicide-by-parents Shelf Number: 129628 Keywords: Child Abuse and NeglectChild Homicide (Australia)Family HomicideInfanticideViolence Against Children |
Author: Bhalotra, Sonia Title: The Price of Gold: Dowry and Death in India Summary: Dowry is often adduced as an explanation of son preference in India, but there is little evidence that dowry motivates son-preferring behaviours. On the premise that gold is an integral part of dowry, we use variation in gold prices to investigate this. First, we exploit a sharp unexpected rise in the price of gold in 1980 and, using a difference-in-discontinuities design, find that the gold price hike is mirrored in an increase in girl relative to boy mortality in the neonatal and infant period. We also find that surviving girls are shorter. Second, using monthly time series data for 35 years, we again find that cyclical variation in gold prices is reflected in excess girl mortality and, since the introduction of prenatal sex determination technology, in the sex ratio at birth. This constitutes the first evidence that dowry costs lead parents to eliminate foetal and newborn girls, and on a scale much larger than "dowry deaths" amongst married women which have been the subject of public attention. Details: Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2016. 76p. Source: Internet Resource: IZA Discussion Paper No. 9679: Accessed February 3, 2016 at: http://ftp.iza.org/dp9679.pdf Year: 2016 Country: India URL: http://ftp.iza.org/dp9679.pdf Shelf Number: 137748 Keywords: Dowry Deaths Infanticide |