Rachel Harig
01023404
CRJS 427
Article Review 1
Woman's’ Risk for Intimate Partner Violence Cross-Examined Culturally and Socioeconomically Research presented in the article ‘The Role of Economic Factors on woman's risk for intimate partner violence: a cross comparison of Canada and the U.S’. Authors, Kaukinen and Powers were the first researchers to cross compare violence against women amongst intimate partnerships, and the affect socio-economics play in. The authors hoped by comparing two countries of similar economic standings. Patterns of violence against women would become more clear. Canada was chosen to compare to the U.S due to their similarities structurally and culturally. The U.S and Canada both have high female workforce, with women earning slightly less than the median of their male counterpart. However …show more content…
With that question in mind, the authors set out to determine what socio economic factors may be contributing to violence against women. The authors collected data through administration of surveys. Focusing solely on married couples. Information was taken from 7,000 women. Drawing data from both the 1999 Canadian General Social Survey, and the 1999 National Violence Against Women Survey. Researchers then separated, and cross analyzed variables amongst Canadian and American women. Through the use of large scale representation of victims authors avoided possible sample bias. However Surveys often under represent the most severe and violent forms of abuse. This may be due to fear of reporting incidents. With that being said, the information presented by these authors serves as the minimum of influences socio-economics has on intimate partner violence. The variables analyzed in this study, were the presence of physical and emotional abuse in intimate partnerships. Along with the relationship they have between education,
01023404
CRJS 427
Article Review 1
Woman's’ Risk for Intimate Partner Violence Cross-Examined Culturally and Socioeconomically Research presented in the article ‘The Role of Economic Factors on woman's risk for intimate partner violence: a cross comparison of Canada and the U.S’. Authors, Kaukinen and Powers were the first researchers to cross compare violence against women amongst intimate partnerships, and the affect socio-economics play in. The authors hoped by comparing two countries of similar economic standings. Patterns of violence against women would become more clear. Canada was chosen to compare to the U.S due to their similarities structurally and culturally. The U.S and Canada both have high female workforce, with women earning slightly less than the median of their male counterpart. However …show more content…
With that question in mind, the authors set out to determine what socio economic factors may be contributing to violence against women. The authors collected data through administration of surveys. Focusing solely on married couples. Information was taken from 7,000 women. Drawing data from both the 1999 Canadian General Social Survey, and the 1999 National Violence Against Women Survey. Researchers then separated, and cross analyzed variables amongst Canadian and American women. Through the use of large scale representation of victims authors avoided possible sample bias. However Surveys often under represent the most severe and violent forms of abuse. This may be due to fear of reporting incidents. With that being said, the information presented by these authors serves as the minimum of influences socio-economics has on intimate partner violence. The variables analyzed in this study, were the presence of physical and emotional abuse in intimate partnerships. Along with the relationship they have between education,