767 Question 1

Dobash et al.

-          Contact tactic scales = self-reported violence rates, ignores context and intention, excludes rape and sexual assaults

-          Homicide statistics = no acknowledgement of self-defence deaths

Family violence death review committee

-          2/3rds deaths are women

-          Male deaths overwhelmingly self-defence

-          98% with history of IPV had male aggressors

-          52% deaths are overkill, overwhelmingly from male perpetrators, usually while woman is in process of leaving

-          Highest risk in most deprived neighbourhoods, especially Māori

Fanslow & Robinson

-          IPV significantly correlated with poor physical and mental health

-          33% Auckland women (39% Waikato) lifetime experience of at least one act of IPV

-          Suicide risk much higher for severe IPV

Jeffrey & Senn

-          Women have more frequent and more severe sexual violence victimisation

-          Victimisation often result of ongoing violence/coercive control

-          Quantitative data ignores gender severity differences

Fanslow et al.

-          Women show greater prevalence of almost all IPV acts

-          Women experience IPV more often and more severely

-          Male IPV is not symmetrical