January 2003
Child Abuse
Children Exposed to Violence
Custody & Access
Elder Abuse
Familicide
Immigrants & Visible Minorities
Intimate Partner Violence
Stalking
Videos
Violent Offenders (assessment & treatment)
Relationship Violence and Diversion: A Literature Review on Pro-charge Policies and Crown Discretion
MacRae, Jamala
This literature review examines pro-charge and pro-prosecution strategies, exploring the consequences of allowing Crown prosecutors the discretion to divert abusers to alternative measures prior to charge approval. As well, this paper examines the creation of domestic violence courts in various Canadian and American jurisdictions and how those courts have utilized diversion as an alternative answer to prosecution within the criminal justice system.
47 pages / $10
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Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP): structured professional guidelines for assessing risk of sexual violence
Hart, Stephen D., Kropp, P. Randall, Laws, D. Richard, with Kalver, Jessica, Logan, Caroline, and Watt, Kelly A.
(From the Preface)
Structured professional guidelines are designed to assist the process of risk assessment and management by requiring evaluators to consider, at a minimum, a set of risk factors deemed important in the scientific and professional literatures. The RSVP is similar to previous guidelines in many respects, but also incorporates new features that we hope will increase its utility in risk management and forensic decision-making. These new features include: specification of procedures for obtaining assessment information, including past sexual violence, to assist anamnestic analysis; expended consideration of risk factors related to manageability; separate coding of judgements concerning the presence and relevance of risk factors; and incorporation of scenario-based risk assessment methods.
128 pages / $55
Safety Planning with Abused Partners: A Review and Annotated Bibliography
Agar, Sharon, M.A.
After discussing general assumptions and guiding principles, this paper will consider the various factors that contribute to a victim’s risk, as well as the issues of risk management and safety planning.
66 pages / $10
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