Measuring intimate partner violence using different data sources: reflections on a global shadow pandemic
To avoid producing an incomplete or inaccurate impression of the problem they are trying to tackle, crime researchers are frequently discouraged from relying on single sources of data. Instead, they are encouraged to triangulate data sources, to bring different and sometimes disparate perspectives t...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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The crime data handbook
Year: 2024, Pages: 288-303 |
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| Summary: | To avoid producing an incomplete or inaccurate impression of the problem they are trying to tackle, crime researchers are frequently discouraged from relying on single sources of data. Instead, they are encouraged to triangulate data sources, to bring different and sometimes disparate perspectives together to make informed decisions about how best to respond. Never has this been more important or apparent than with the current global pandemic and the so-called ‘shadow pandemic’ of intimate partner violence (IPV). There are now numerous studies published from around the world that have attempted to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on IPV. These studies have drawn upon a wide variety of data sources, including police calls for service, incident and arrest data, hotline call data and community surveys. In this chapter, we examine the strengths and weaknesses of different data sources in attempting to measure and understand IPV during the pandemic, focusing specially on the Australian context. In doing so, we will demonstrate the importance of data triangulation and highlight lessons for the analysis, interpretation and presentation of data on complex crime problems to help policy makers and law enforcement. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 299-303 |
| ISBN: | 9781529232042 |