BC Institute Against Family Violence Publications
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Familicide

Child & Youth Fatalities Reviewed by the BC Children’s Commission: A Family Violence Perspective

Cooper, Mary

This report sets out to determine whether the Child and Youth Fatality Reviews published by the BC Children’s Commission contain information that is suitable for aggregation and that facilitates identification of patterns or trends in family violence experienced either during the deceased’s lifetime or in the circumstances leading to death.

38 pages / $10
FULL TEXT ONLINE

# | Published 2001

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)

# | Published 1994