Criminal Justice Outcomes in Intimate and Non-intimate Partner Homicide Cases

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Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Highlights
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Literature Review
  • 2.1 Why might intimacy matter?
  • 2.2 Does intimacy matter?
  • 2.3 Summary
• 3. The present study
  • 3.1 Homicide as one type of violent crime
  • 3.2 Data sources
  • 3.3 Limitations
  • 3.4 Dependent variables: Decision-making stages in the criminal process
  • 3.5 Key independent variables: Intimacy, time and gender
  • 3.6 Control variables: Do other factors play a role?
  • 3.7 Analytic procedures
• 4. Results
  • 4.1 Bivariate patterns: A preliminary look at intimacy and justice
  • 4.2 Multivariate analysis: Isolating the effects of intimacy in criminal law
  • 4.3 What are the effects of time on the dispositions of homicide cases?
  • 4.4 Have the effects of intimacy changed over time?
  • 4.5 Introducing gender: Examining separate and combined effects
  • 4.6 Beyond intimacy: What else matters in the disposition of homicide cases?
• 5. Discussion and Conclusion
  • 5.1 Intimacy and the guilty plea process
  • 5.2 Assessing the role of stereotypes and interpersonal violence
  • 5.3 Linking legislation, policy and practice: Can it be done?
• 6. References
• Appendix A: Coding sheet
• Appendix B: Annual Homicide Figures for Toronto, Ontario and Canada and the Toronto Percentage of the Total Number of Provincial and National Homicides, 1974-200s
• Appendix C: Number and percent of cases missing information for independent and control variables
• Appendix D: Full Results for Multivariate Analysis: Examining Outcomes in Intimate Partner & Non-Intimate Partner Homicide, Reduced Sample, Toronto, 1974-2002
• List of Tables
• List of Boxes

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