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Virtual Library 2009 Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile
A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE Victims of Sexual Assault: Their Experiences with and Views about the Criminal Justice Process in the ACT 2009 This report provides information principally derived from two studies involving a number of adults who had experienced a sexual assault and who had reported the incident to police in the ACT. The first component involved qualitative interviews with individual victims of sexual assault to ascertain in depth their views and experiences of the criminal justice process. The second involved the research participants answering questions about procedural fairness using a computer program specifically designed for a larger national research project. “We Don’t Shoot Our Wounded…” Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Victims of Family Violence Access to Justice and Access to Services in the ACT. ACT Victims of Crime Coordinator, March 2009.
This research report comprises the first stage of the project and was completed in February 2008.
2008 What’s Law Got To Do With It? The Law and Specialized Domestic Violence Courts in Canada.
Edited by: Ursel. J., Tutty, L., Lemaistre, J. (2008). Cormorant Press, Toronto. What’s Law Got To Do With It? examines changes in the Canadian justice system from the introduction of protection order legislation, to family law, to changes in criminal court procedures.
Domestic Violence Intervention Court Model (DVICM) evaluation Released: 21 May 2008 Efforts to improve the response of the criminal justice system to victims of domestic violence appear to have substantially succeeded, according to a report released today by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. The principal aims of the NSW Domestic Violence Intervention Court Model (DVICM) were to:
Community supervision and rehabilitation: Two studies of offenders on supervised bonds Don Weatherburn and Lily Trimboli February 2008 Convicted offenders are often subjected to some form of supervision to reduce the risk of further offending. To date, however, there has been no Australian research into the effectiveness of supervision in reducing reoffending. This bulletin presents the results of two studies.
Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile Edited by Lucie Ogrodnik, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada 2007 Court Responses to Batterer Program Noncompliance: A National Perspective
Melissa Labriola, Michael Rempel, Chris S. O'Sullivan, Phyllis B. Frank, Jim McDowell, and Rachel Finkelstein. A study conducted in collaboration with VCS Inc. that examines how criminal courts respond when domestic violence offenders are noncompliant with a court mandate to a batterer program. The study, based on a national survey of courts, batterer programs, and victim assistance agencies in all 50 states, detected overwhelming support for the goal of "accountability" in theory but a gap between theory and practice, as most courts indicated that they do not always or often impose sanctions when offenders are noncompliant with the batterer program mandate.
Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile Edited by Lucie Ogrodnik, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada
2006 Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical ProfileReleased July 13, 2006 Edited by Lucie Ogrodnik • English report: http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85-224-XIE/85-224-XIE2006000.pdf • French report: http://www.statcan.ca/francais/freepub/85-224-XIF/85-224-XIF2006000.pdf
2005 Testing the Effectiveness of Batterer Programs and Judicial Monitoring By Melissa Labriola, Michael Rempel, Chris S. O'Sullivan, Phyllis B. Frank, Jim McDowell, and Rachel Finkelstein A study conducted in collaboration with VCS Inc. that examines how criminal courts respond when domestic violence offenders are noncompliant with a court mandate to a batterer program. The study, based on a national survey of courts, batterer programs, and victim assistance agencies in all 50 states, detected overwhelming support for the goal of "accountability" in theory but a gap between theory and practice, as most courts indicated that they do not always or often impose sanctions when offenders are noncompliant with the batterer program mandate.
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