BC’s Violence Against Women in Relationships Policy and Criminal Harassment: Police Perspectives and Use of Discretion in Investigations

Pacey, Katrina

This study asks the question: How do police describe their practice when faced with a victim who is being criminally harassed by an intimate or formerly intimate partner? By looking into this research question, this study proposed to offer insight into current police practice and inform the debate surrounding the application of pro-active policies to criminal harassment.

46 pages / $10
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Children Exposed to Partner Violence: An Overview of Key Issues

Kai-Lee Klymchuk, Mary Cooper & Katrina Pacey

This updated version discusses highlights of research produced since 1992, describing the impact of partner violence on children, and exploring, in brief, currently advocated therapeutic approaches for children coping with the effects of exposure to partner violence.

33 pages / $10
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Psychological and Behavioural Typologies of Men Who Assault Their Female Partners

Bodnarchuk, Mark, Ph.D.

This literature review and research study investigates the psychological and behavioural characteristics of men who assault their female partners. The study findings support the claim that spousal assaulters are a heterogeneous population, information that is useful in the treatment and management of this population.

56 pages / $10
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Pump Up The Volume

This video is part of a participatory action research project that set out to discover difficulties women were having with various systems. In the interviews, it became clear that all the women had something they wanted to share with women like themselves. Thus, this video was born.

The determination, will and strengths of these women will inspire and encourage others in their journeys toward living as violence free as possible. This video also stresses the importance of listening to and involving women users of anti-violence systems directly in the creation and evaluation of services.

Pump Up The Volume will be inspirational and informative - whether you are a woman in, leaving or having left an abusive relationship, a family member or friend of someone in an abusive situation and/or a service provider

The women in this video primarily live in the suburbs of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. They ranged in age from 22 to late-60s. The women identified as Japanese-Canadian, Ukrainian-Polish, Mennonite, First Nations, Punjabi, Latin American and Filipina. One identified as lesbian. Income levels of the women range from $6,600-$60,000 a year, with an average annual income of $20,300. All but two have children. Health concerns include fibromyalgia, HIV and multiple sclerosis. The length of abusive relationships ranged from two to 26 years.

For women with children, custody and access was a key issue. For recent immigrant and refugee women, immigration systems were a site of work, and all but one sought “protection” through the criminal justice system.

36 min. 46 sec.

sliding scale:
$5-$10 for individuals/survivors
$20 for women’s organizations, transition houses, immigrant-serving agencies
$35 for institutions, service providers, libraries