Family Abuse in Canada: A Comparison

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FAMILY ABUSE IN CANADA: A COMPARISON
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It cannot be denied that spousal abuse and family abuse has become an integral part of
every household in the contemporary world and unfortunately, the women are the worst sufferers
of family violence. It is an undeniable fact that family abuse and domestic harassment negatively
affects a woman’s physical as well as mental health to a greater extent. The respective paper is a
comparison of ten journals based on family violence in the multicultural country of Canada.
On the basis of health and well being of women
As far as women’s health (physical, sexual and psychological) and domestic violence is
concerned, according to Guruge, Roche & Catallo (2012) in their article “Violence against
women: an exploration of the physical and mental health trends among immigrant and refugee
women in Canada”, the article has introspected about the physical and mental health of the Sri
Lankan and Iranian immigrant women settled in Canada, while on the other hand, in the article
“Intimate partner violence and depression among Latin American women in Toronto”, Godoy-
Ruiz et al. (2015) stated the condition of psychological as well as psychosomatic health of the
Latin American immigrant women who are victims of domestic harassment, settled in Toronto,
Canada.
On the basis of credibility and significance of institutions built to curb family violence
In the article “Canada’s first integrated domestic violence court: Examining family and
criminal court outcomes at the Toronto IDVC” by Birnbaum, Saini & Bala, (2017) there has
been mention and description of the Integrated Domestic Violence Court of Canada and its
functions as well as its limitations, while the other article “A survey of domestic violence
perpetrator programs in the United States and Canada: Findings and implications for policy and
intervention” by Cannon et al. (2016) is a survey of the credibility, functionality and significance

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of the domestic violence perpetrator programs in the United States and Canada. Both of the
articles have a point of convergence as the first article surveys credibility of the domestic
violence courts in Canada and the other article surveys credibility of the programs meant to end
domestic violence. Both the articles deal with organizations and institutions built to cope with
domestic violence.
On the basis of extremity of family violence
In the article “Conceptualizing'Honour'Killings in Canada: An Extreme Form of
Domestic Violence?”, Aujla & Gill (2014) had stated that honor killing can be termed as an
extreme form of domestic abuse or violence, often found in eastern culture, highly gender
insensitive with a vague idea of “honor” of the family which leads to the homicide of the person
who does not abide by the rules of the family. In Canada, it is generally observed among the
South Asian immigrants. On the other hand, the article “Risk Factors for Domestic Homicide:
Immigrant & Canadian-born Populations”, Kalaichandran (2018) states that homicide can be
considered to be the most catastrophic and heinous form of domestic violence and family
violence, which are often led by the factors such as tarnishing the “honor” of the family,
especially by the female members, forced pregnancy, spousal dispute which further leads to
beatings and eventually death and dowry cases such as bride burning. The article has not only
stated “honor killing” but other aspects such as bride burning and forced pregnancy or abortion,
poisoning as one the most extreme forms of domestic violence happening rampantly in the
multicultural nation of Canada.
On the basis of socio-economic condition of women