An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009

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Table of Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Highlights
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Spousal Violence in Canada
  • 1.2 Measuring Spousal Violence
  • 1.3 Costs of Crime
• 2. Methodology
  • 2.1 Definitions
  • 2.2 Framework
    • 2.2.1 Sources of economic impact
    • 2.2.2 Geography
    • 2.2.3 Time period
    • 2.2.4 Offences
    • 2.2.5 Gender
    • 2.2.6 Cost categories
    • 2.2.7 Cost item-specific models
  • 2.3 Data Sources
    • 2.3.1 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2 (UCR2)
    • 2.3.2 General Social Survey (GSS), Victimization, Cycle 23
    • 2.3.3 Other major data sources
  • 2.4 Limitations
    • 2.4.1 Data availability
    • 2.4.2 Data reliability
    • 2.4.3 Scope and method
  • 2.5 Methodology Discussions
    • 2.5.1 Classifications of costs
• 3. Justice System Costs
  • 3.1 Criminal Justice System
    • 3.1.1 Police
    • 3.1.2 Court
    • 3.1.3 Prosecution
    • 3.1.4 Legal aid
    • 3.1.5 Correctional services
  • 3.2 Civil Justice System
    • 3.2.1 Civil protection orders
    • 3.2.2 Divorce and separation
    • 3.2.3 Child protection systems
• 4. Victim Costs
  • 4.1 Health Care
    • 4.1.1 Physician visits
    • 4.1.2 Emergency department visits
    • 4.1.3 Acute hospitalization
  • 4.2 Mental Health Issues
    • 4.2.1 Medical services
    • 4.2.2 Work loss
    • 4.2.3 Suicide attempts (medical costs)
  • 4.3 Productivity Losses
    • 4.3.1 Lost wages
    • 4.3.2 Lost household services
    • 4.3.3 Lost education
    • 4.3.4 Lost childcare services
  • 4.4 Other Personal Costs
    • 4.4.1 Damaged or destroyed property
    • 4.4.2 Divorce and Separation (legal costs)
    • 4.4.3 Special phone features
    • 4.4.4 Moving expenses
  • 4.5 Intangible Victim Costs
    • 4.5.1 Pain and suffering
    • 4.5.2 Loss of life
• 5. Third-Party Costs
  • 5.1 Funeral Expenses
  • 5.2 Loss of Affection and Enjoyment to Family Members
  • 5.3 Costs to Other Persons Harmed During the Incidents
    • 5.3.1 Health care
    • 5.3.2 Productivity losses
  • 5.4 Social Services Operating Costs
    • 5.4.1 Shelters and transition homes
    • 5.4.2 Crisis lines
    • 5.4.3 Support centres
    • 5.4.4 Victim services
  • 5.5 Losses to Employers
    • 5.5.1 Lost output
    • 5.5.2 Tardiness and distraction
    • 5.5.3 Administration costs
  • 5.6 Negative Impact on Children Exposed to Spousal Violence
    • 5.6.1 Medical costs
    • 5.6.2 Missed school days
    • 5.6.3 Lost future income
    • 5.6.4 Delinquent acts against property
  • 5.7 Other Government Expenditures
    • 5.7.1 Other federal expenditures
    • 5.7.2 Other provincial and territorial expenditures
• 6. Conclusion
  • 6.1 Summary of Results
  • 6.2 Costs by Who Pays
  • 6.3 Concluding Remarks
• References
• Appendix A: Justice System Costs
  • A.1 Criminal Justice System
  • A.2 Civil Justice System
• Appendix B: Victim Costs
  • B.1 Health Care
  • B.2 Mental Health Issues
  • B.3 Productivity Losses
  • B.4 Other Personal Costs
  • B.5 Intangible Costs
• Appendix C: Third-Party Costs
  • C.1 Funeral Expenses
  • C.2 Loss of Affection and Enjoyment to Family Members
  • C.3 Other Persons Harmed During the Incidents
  • C.4 Social Service Operating Costs
  • C.5 Losses to Employers
  • C.6 Negative Impact on Children Exposed to Spousal Violence
  • C.7 Other Government Expenditures 

List of Tables

• Summary Table 1: Estimated Costs of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009
• Table 1.1: Costing Studies on Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence in Canada
• Table 2.1: Categories of Justice System Costs
• Table 2.2: Categories of Victim Costs
• Table 2.3: Categories of Third-Party Costs
• Table 3.1: Justice System Costs
• Table 3.2: Police Costs for Selected Spousal Violence Offences
• Table 3.3: Number and Distribution Proportion of Most Serious Sentence by Sentence Type and Gender of Accused, 2009
• Table 4.1: Victim Costs
• Table 4.2: Medical Service Utilization by Mental Health Status in Canada
• Table 4.3: Selected Studies on Value of Statistical Life (VSL)
• Table 5.1: Third-Party Costs
• Table 5.2: Number of Children Exposed to Spousal Violence by Type of Condition and Gender of Primary Victim
• Table 5.3: Number of Children and Lost Future Income by Type of Negative Impact
• Table 5.4: Select Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Action Plans/Programs
• Table 6.1: Costs of Spousal Violence, 2009 ($'000)

List of Figures

• Summary Figure 1: Tangible Costs by Who Pays, 2009 ($ million)
• Figure 3.1: Spousal Violence Attrition Pyramid
• Figure 6.1: Who Bears the Impact, 2009 ($ million)
• Figure 6.2: Who Pays the Costs, 2009 ($ million)

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