Violent Victimization of Women with Disabilities, 2014 /

Juristat Article—Violent victimization of women with disabilities, 2014 Violent victimization of women with disabilities, 2014: Highlights According to the 2014 General Social Survey on Victimization, women with a disability were twice as likely as women who did not have a disability to have been a victim of violent crime. [...] Among Canadians with a disability, the rate of violent victimization in the 12 months preceding the survey was about twice as high when compared to those who did not report a disability (Table 1).2 There were 137 incidents of violent victimization for every 1,000 women 15 years of age and older with a disability, compared to 65 incidents per 1,000 women without a disability. [...] Women with a disability (56 incidents per 1,000 population) were close to twice as likely as women without a disability (29 per 1,000) and about 14 times more likely than men without a disability (4E per 1,000) to have been sexually assaulted (Table 1).4 The increased prevalence of sexual assault among women with a disability was the result of considerably higher rates among those who reported a m [...] The higher rate of violent victimization among Canadians with a sensory disability was driven by women, as the rate of violent victimization was 2.5 times higher among women with a sensory disability than among women without a disability (162E versus 65). [...] Women with a disability more likely to experience multiple victimization Not only was the overall rate of violent victimization higher when compared to those without a disability, women with a disability more often reported multiple, separate incidents of victimization in the 12 months preceding the survey.