After her mother's death at the hands of her controlling husband, Tara Graham urges recognition of coercive behavior as a warning sign. Five other Nova Scotia women have been killed by men in suspected intimate partner violence cases since her mother's death, highlighting the province's struggle with domestic violence. Graham and experts call for increased support targeting men and early intervention programs to prevent future tragedies.
HALIFAX — Long before Brenda Tatlock-Burke was killed by her husband in October, there were signs of his controlling and coercive behaviour.
On Oct. 18, RCMP responded to a request for a well-being check at a home in Enfield, N.S., and found the bodies of Tatlock-Burke, 59, and Burke, 61. Police say Burke died as a result of self-inflicted wounds, and Graham said the medical examiner determined her mother died as a result of a gunshot wound.
Robert Wright, a social worker, therapist and director emeritus of the non-profit Peoples' Counselling Clinic in Halifax, said Nova Scotia is behind in its efforts to identify and address early signs that point to a risk of intimate-partner violence. Without addressing the root causes of male violence — which often include abuse aggressors suffered themselves as children or teenagers — the number of domestic violence deaths are unlikely to fall, he said.
“But what we don’t really have is a good secondary prevention, which detects and treats problems as they begin to develop,” he said. Wright said this could involve medical professionals or school social workers identifying and flagging early warning signs among young people so they get mental health care and access to support.
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