January 1995
Child Abuse
Children Exposed to Violence
Custody & Access
Elder Abuse
Familicide
Immigrants & Visible Minorities
Intimate Partner Violence
Stalking
Videos
Violent Offenders (assessment & treatment)
Challenges in Programming for Wife Batterers
Cooper, M.
This report reviews published literature on programming for wife batterers. It was written in the context of the project to develop guiding principles for institutional programmes. Topics addressed include definitional issues, a review of community program effectiveness studies and the scant literature on programming in an institutional context. A number of issues are identified that need to be addressed to improve program effectiveness and implications for standards and guiding principles are discussed.
80 pages / $11
Family Life and Child Rearing in Canada: Information for Newcomer Families to BC
Written in 1995. Revised October 2000.
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Also available in French:
Vie de famille et éducation des enfants au Canada: Information à l’intention des nouveaux arrivants en Colombie-Britannique
Guiding Principles for Assaultive Men’s Treatment in Correctional Centres
Trimble, D.
In 1992 the document, Wife Assault Intervention: Programs for Men, Guiding Principles for Services in British Columbia (Bell, Browning and Hamilton) was released. Over the last two years assaultive men’s treatment has been introduced in most correctional centres in the province.
The philosophy and goals of the original Guiding Principles remains an appropriate cornerstone of work with assaultive men whether they are in the community or incarcerated. However, it quickly became apparent that some principles did not apply or needed revision and that new principles needed to be written for programs operating in correctional centres. For these reasons Forensic Psychiatric Commission of the BC Ministry of Health provided funding for the revision of these principles.
Some of the areas of revision include: coordination, treatment modality, confidentiality, contact with women partners and correctional centre staff education. Changes in regard to Freedom of Information are reflected in the document. Some of the changes are more general and reflect a need to revise and update the original principles.
These principles should be of particular interest and use to counsellors who are working or plan to work in a correctional centre, the agency that administers programs in the correctional centre, forensic clinic coordinators, victim service workers, battered women’s advocacy groups and correctional centre staff.
38 pages / $8
Looking Back on Child Sexual Abuse: An Overview and Annotated Bibliography
Cooper, M.
The focus of this review is on adult survivors of child sexual abuse. The overview has been prepared for those who need a brief introduction to current issues, while the annotated bibliography is intended as a resource for those who wish to explore the topic in greater depth. Abstracts of over 100 books and journal articles are presented on the following topics: immediate effects, long term effects, male victims, ritual abuse, emotional trauma, diagnostic issues, post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, dissociative disorder, memory issues, treatment theories, behavioural techniques, family therapy, treatment-outcome studies, self-help publications and legal issues. Subject and author indices are provided.
79 pages/ $10
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Predicting Cessation of Intimate Assaultiveness after Group Treatment
Bodnarchuk, M., Kropp, P. Randall, Ogloff, James R. P., Hart, Stephen D., Dutton, Donald G.
Program Evaluation: Making It Work For Your Program
Cooper, M.
SARA: Manual for the Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide, 2nd Edition
Kropp, P. R., Hart, S. D., Webster, C. D. & Eaves, D.
This 2nd Edition handbook incorporates changes and enhancements to the Spousal Assault Risk Assessment (SARA), a clinical checklist of risk factors for spousal assault. It comprises 20 individual items identified by an in-depth review of the empirical literature (Cooper, M. 1993) and by a review of articles written by clinicians with extensive experience in evaluating men who abuse their partners. An expanded introduction includes a discussion of various applications of the SARA, including its use in specialized settings such as correctional institutions. Sections have also been added on Coding and Communication of SARA findings. The SARA may be used for decision-making purposes by psychologists, psychiatrists and other experienced clinicians, as well as correctional officers.
68 pages / $20