Making the Links in Family Violence Cases: Collaboration among the Family, Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems
- Volume I: PDF Version
- Volume II - Annexes: PDF Version
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1 - Background
- 1.1 Why focus on family violence?
- 1.2 What do we mean by family violence?
- 1.3 What do we know about family violence in Canada?
- 1.4 What do we know about the incidence of parallel justice sector involvement in family violence cases?
- 1.5 What are key differences between the relevant sectors of the justice system?
- 1.6 Raising allegations of family violence
- Chapter 2 - Risk assessment
- 2.1 Importance of risk assessment
- 2.2 Terminology: “screening,” “threat assessment” and “risk assessment”
- 2.3 Purpose: what do risk assessments tell us?
- 2.4 Risk management: how is the information used?
- 2.5 Communicating risk
- 2.6 What are the challenges/barriers to sharing risk assessments?
- 2.7 Promising practices
- Chapter 3 - Impact of pre-existing orders and proceedings
- 3.1 Pre-existing criminal orders
- 3.1.1 Intimate partner/spousal abuse charging policies
- 3.1.2 Police release and judicial interim release (bail).
- 3.1.3 Common bail conditions
- 3.1.4 Impact of release or bail orders on child custody/parenting
- 3.1.5 Delays in reporting
- 3.1.6 Lack of communication and safety concerns
- 3.1.7 Peace bonds
- 3.1.8 Sentencing
- 3.2 Pre-existing civil orders
- 3.3 Promising practices
- 3.3.1 Removing intersectional barriers to reporting
- 3.3.2 Protocols and policies for Crowns to obtain orders prior to bail hearings
- 3.3.3 Bail clauses that consider the impact on family proceedings
- 3.3.4 Standard form orders in family law
- 3.3.5 Court order databases
- 3.3.6 Statutory provisions addressing conflicting orders
- 3.1 Pre-existing criminal orders
- Chapter 4 - Identification of multiple proceedings
- Chapter 5 - Coordination of court proceedings
- 5.1 Challenges
- 5.2 Promising practices
- 5.2.1 One family – one judge
- 5.2.2 One judge for each family law case
- 5.2.3 One judge for all civil cases
- 5.2.4 One judge for civil and criminal cases – integrated domestic violence courts
- 5.2.5 Judicial communications
- 5.2.6 Coordinated court/court coordinator models.
- 5.2.7 Aboriginal Courtwork Program
- Chapter 6 - Evidentiary issues
- Chapter 7 - Privacy
- Chapter 8 - Out-of-court dispute resolution
- Chapter 9 - Services for families experiencing family violence
- Chapter 10 - Models of cross-sector collaboration
- Conclusion
- Annex 1: Family violence statistics
- 1. What do we know about the prevalence of family violence in Canada?
- 2. What do we know about the prevalence of reported child protection cases?
- 3. What do we know about family violence in the context of the family justice system?
- 4. What do we know about the incidence of parallel proceedings in family violence cases?
- Annex 2: Overview of justice system processes in family violence cases
- Annex 3: Evaluations of integrated domestic violence courts
- Annex 4: Family violence responses by jurisdiction
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