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Restorative Justice: A Literature Review
Cameron, Angela
This literature review examines whether current research shows restorative justice to be a safe, effective criminal justice response to cases of intimate partner violence in Canada.
78 pages / $10
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Interventions for Children Who Witness Intimate Partner Violence: A Literature Review
Agar, Sharon
The purpose of the current document is to provide an overview of the literature on this topic, with the goal of eventually developing best practice guidelines, including protocols for collaboration among service providers who work with children who have witnessed intimate partner violence. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of services for children who witness violence (CWV), as this is a key aspect of service provision. The practice standards and programs that are currently in place in British Columbia, such as those developed by the BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses (BCSTH) for Children Who Witness Abuse (CWWA) Counsellors, will be also be highlighted.
83 pages / $10
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Assisting Immigrant and Refugee Women Abused by Their Sponsors: a guide for service providers
Pacey, Katrina
Immigrant and refugee women who are abused by their sponsor face particular difficulties in in accessing personal safety and protection. If these women do not have landed status, or are at risk of deportation for other reasons, the consequences of leaving an abusive sponsor can complicate their immigration status. This guide is written for service providers working with any client who: a) is an immigrant or refugee woman; b) has been sponsored to come to Canada by a partner/fiance/spouse under the family class sponsorship guidelines; c) is experiencing abuse by her sponsor; and d) wants to separate from her sponsor but is at risk of deportation.
59 pages / free
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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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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