Après L’agression

[Video 43 min. with Handbook]

This French-language video package is for women who have been assaulted by their partner and who may be going to court as a witness in a criminal prosecution.

Video with Handbook available for the cost of shipping and handling only

Criminal Harassment and Potential for Treatment: Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography

Cooper, M.

This literature review was initiated in anticipation of a demand on forensic psychiatric services as a result of Canada’s criminal legislative reform of 1993 (Bill C-126, Section 264) on Criminal Harassment, commonly known as the Anti-Stalking bill. This report examines what is known about stalking and individuals who stalk others. Special attention is paid to the psychiatric literature on disorders or syndromes which can lead to stalking behaviour and treatment possibilities.

80 pages / $10
FULL TEXT ONLINE (pdf)

Evaluating Men’s Treatment Programmes: an Introduction for Service Providers

Kropp, P. Randall and Hart, Stephen D.

FULL TEXT ONLINE (pdf)

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[Video 40 min. with Handbook]

This video package is for women who have been assaulted by their partner and who may be going to court as a witness in a criminal prosecution. In the video, women survivors of abuse share their personal experiences . Professionals, including a police officer, prosecutor and judge, describe what happens when a charge is laid and a case goes to court. The accompanying handbook offers women a step by step description of the legal system and court process.

Video with Handbook $30
Handbook only $5

Setting Standards and Guiding Principles for the Assessment, Treatment and Management of Sex Offenders in British Columbia: A Series of Background Papers Based on Current Literature

Cooper, M.

The papers in this publication can be read in one package or disseminated singly. It is suggested that all read the first paper. Within each paper, implications for standard setting are included in the discussion. The papers are: 1. Approaching the literature from a standard setting point of view; 2. Overview of recent theoretical developments; 3. Biomedical approaches to the assessment and treatment of sex offenders; 4. Denial, minimization and deviant arousal: Psychophysiological approaches to assessment of sex offenders; 5. Issues specific to phallometry; 6. Victim involvement in the assessment, treatment and supervision of sex offenders; 7. Risk assessment of sex offenders; 8. Working with sex offenders.

126 pages / $10

Wasted Lives: The Tragedy of Homicide in the Family

Cooper, M.

Report on family homicides that occurred in southwestern mainland BC between 1984 and 1992. The purpose of this project was to determine the prevalence and nature of family homicides, assess whether there was prior violence in the relationships, and determine whether there were patterns of risk factors present in various subgroups of homicides. A summary of each case is appended.

174 pages / Full Report $28
30 pages / Executive Summary $7
Executive Summary: FULL TEXT ONLINE (pdf)