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1. Women Seeking Safety

   Preliminary Findings of The Healing Journey Project J. Ursel & C. Fraehlich SSHRC CURA & PAF
2. Table 1: Recruitment Sites and Number of Participants Recruited by Province ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Province City/town Number of Participants _____________________________________________________________________ Manitoba Winnipeg 161 Small Town /Rural 47 North 14 TOTAL 222 _____________________________________________________________________ Saskatchewan Regina 62 Saskatoon 84 Prince Albert/north 68 TOTAL 214 _____________________________________________________________________ Alberta Calgary & area 93 Edmonton & area 75 Small Town/Rural 43 North 18 TOTAL229 _____________________________________________________________________ Overall total 665
3. Participant Demographics Age ranged from 18 to 80 years (average age 36 years) 91% have children 15% have 5 or more children 49% have annual household income less than $15,000 43% have less than high school education
4. Table 2: Partner’s Disruption of Work/Education ______________________________________________ Manitoba Sask. Alberta --------------------------------------------------------------------- Partner Interfered with Work 67% 58% 68% Partner Harassed at Work 47% 50% 50% Partner Refused to let her Work 37% 36% 47% Partner Interfered with Education 65% 61% 67%
5. Table 3: Employment and Education Status of Participants Status Manitoba Sask. Alberta ---------------------------------------------------------------- Employed 35% 40% 41% Type of Employment: Full time 17% 24% 24% Part time 13% 13% 12% Casual 11% 6% 12% Student 30% 17% 17% _________________________________________
6. Table 4: Family Disruptions in Childhood Experience Manitoba Sask. Alberta ------------------------------------------------------------ Foster home placement 26% 17% 10% Other Child Welfare Intervention 18% 9% 7% Left home due to violence 50% 44% 36% _______________________________________
7. Table 5: Witnessing Violence in Childhood Witness Manitoba Sask. Alberta ------------------------------------------------------------ Participant 63% 53% 56% Participant’s Partner 64% 66% 62% Participant’s Mother 34% 35% 29% Participant’s Father 29% 22% 26% _______________________________________
8. Table 6: Experience of Childhood Physical/Sexual Abuse Victim Manitoba Sask. Alberta ---------------------------------------------------------- Participant 76% 68% 68% Partner 65% 57% 58% Mother 44% 41% 38% Father 26% 27% 24% _______________________________________
9. Table 7: Participants Experience of Childhood Abuse ____________________________________________ Experience Manitoba Sask. Alberta ------------------------------------------------------------------ Physical Abuse 65% 55% 51% Sexual Abuse 60% 49% 55% Emotional Abuse 74% 60% 65% Neglect 43% 37% 42% Witnessed Violence 63% 53% 56% ___________________________________________
10. Table 8: Adult Abuse Experiences of Participants Experience Manitoba Sask. Alberta --------------------------------------------------------------------- Abused When Pregnant 78% 74% 75% Partner Used Weapon 42% 41% 43% Raped by Partner 41% 38% 44% --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mean Score Abuse Scale* 55 53 57 ______________________________________________
11. Table 9: Health Impacts of Abuse on Participants Consequences of Abuse Manitoba Sask. Alberta --------------------------------------------------------------------- Long Term Illness/Disability From Childhood Abuse 7% 4% 6% From Partner Abuse 23%9%33% Total 30% 33% 39% Tried to Commit Suicide 31% 33% 27% ______________________________________________
12. Table 10: Social Assistance/Housing Utilization __________________________________ Service Used Manitoba Sask. Alberta --------------------------------------------------- Social Assistance 89% 73% 81% Social Housing 70% 39% 56% __________________________________
13. Table 11: Participant Utilization of Abuse Specific Services Service Used Manitoba Sask. Alberta ------------------------------------------------------------ Stayed at Shelter 62% 54% 73% Second Stage Housing 20% 12% 35% Called Crisis Line 55% 36% 48% Counselling Program 84% 82% 89% ______________________________________________
14. Table 12: Participants Use/Involvement in Legal Services Service Used Manitoba Sask. Alberta ------------------------------------------------------------ Police 77% 72% 83% Criminal Court 49% 46% 48% No Contact Orders 63% 51% 53% Family Law 43% 40% 46% _______________________________________
15. Table 13: Partner’s Criminal History by Province Status Manitoba Sask. Alberta ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ever Arrested 82% 81% 76% Ever Convicted 64% 68% 65% Arrest for IPV* 58% 58% 50% Convicted of IPV 38% 44% 35% Arrest for assault on Participant 20% 15% 18% Convict for assault on Participant 12% 14% 11%
16. Table 14: Women’s Experience of Assault and Official Criminal Justice Statistics Nature of Assault Women’s Report WFVC CCJS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rape 41% 1% 2% Assault with Weapon 42% 15% 12% --------------------------------------------------------------------- WFVC – Winnipeg Family Violence Court (1992-2002) Ursel & Hagyard, 2008 CCJS - Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics: Statistical Profile 2004
17. Table 15: What Did You Think of Police Response? (n = 167)
18. Table 16: How Were You Treated by Prosecutors? (n = 70)
19. Table 17: How Were You Treated by Judges? (n = 91)
20. Table 18: Some Homes Are More Lethal Than WarCanada, U.S. Casualties 2000-2006 * Brian Vallée, Key Porter Books, Toronto 2008
21. Table 19: Female Domestic Homicide Rates 1993 – 2002[rate per million couples] Western Canada