Announcements
2014 National Conference
Integrated Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence: Learning & Innovating Together
October 20-22, 2014
Wu Conference Centre, UNB
The Canadian Observatory on the Justice System Response to Intimate Partner Violence, in partnership with the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre (MMFC), the New Brunswick Department of Public Safety and the Crime Prevention Association of New Brunswick are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2014 National Conference Integrated Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence: Learning & Innovating Together.
This conference, taking place from October 20-22 at the Wu Conference Centre in Fredericton, will engage stakeholders and communities and provide learning opportunities to a broad audience. It is expected that participants will come from community agencies, police, academia, First Nations groups, justice and corrections, municipal, provincial, and federal governments, social workers, healthcare professionals, etc. The conference will offer a venue to continue important discussions and begin new ones on the importance of having a coordinated criminal justice & community responses to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). It is through such discussion that we develop a better understanding of the roles and responsibilities for all involved.
Participants can look forward to a range of presentations, panels, workshops, and keynote speeches that address the justice system response to IPV, coordinated community responses to IPV, domestic homicide, the interface between family and criminal courts in IPV cases, the rural challenges of IPV, and best practices and information sharing, among others.
Register today and take advantage of our early bird rate (until Sept. 22nd).
2011
Progess Report
2010
Progress Report
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2009
Canadian Observatory Handout
New projects undertaken
An instrument to collect information on victims entering in the justice system
In 2008-09 the Canadian observatory members focused on developing a data collection instrument focusing on victims entering the justice system. The focus is presently on information collected by Victim Services, the kinds of information available on victims entering the justice system, and how best to initiate research using quantitative instruments to capture victim experiences. This component is led by Dominique Damant and Sonia Gauthier in Quebec, Margaret Jackson in British Columbia, Myrna Dawson and Holly Johnson in Ontario, Carmen Gill and Elizabeth Blaney in New Brunswick, and Robyn Holder in Canberra, Australia.
2009 Fall Discussion Series - click here
The Canadian Observatory Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program 2009-2010
2009 Winter Discussion Series in PDF format [482 k]
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2008
New projects undertaken
International partners: In 2008, the Canadian observatory received $71,000 from SSHRC through the International Opportunities Fund. This funding provides the Canadian observatory with resources to establish a research project with our team researchers in Australia, United Kingdom, and the United States. This project will help us to create standardized international data sets of justice data on courts, including specialized domestic violence courts, coordinated domestic violence service delivery, and police and prosecutors’ policies and procedures. The objective of this one year research project is to obtain a clearer international picture of intimate partner violence and how intimate partner violence cases are processed through criminal justice systems. The data collection grid will be piloted in Canberra and Wagga Wagga in Australia, led by Dr. Paul Mazerolle; in London, England, led by Dr. Liz Kelly; and in New York, led by Michael Rempel.
2008 Fall Discussion Series in PDF format [482 k]
2008 Spring Discussion Series in PDF format [482 k]
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