Unintended Consequences of Domestic Violence Law by Heather Nancarrow

Author:Heather Nancarrow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030275006
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

High-Level Violence—Any Breach

Similar proportions of Indigenous men (72%) and non-Indigenous men (64%) used high-level violence in at least one breach. However, there were significant differences for Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups, and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous women .

Penalties—Breach 1

Sex differences were evident for a first breach charge resulting in no penalty. Both Indigenous women (41%) and non-Indigenous women (38%) more frequently had no penalty compared to their male counterparts (13% and 16%, respectively). However, Indigenous men were more likely to receive jail time (32%) on their first breach compared to non-Indigenous men (13%), Indigenous women (9%), and non-Indigenous women (0%).

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