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  • Articles and reports: 85-224-X20000005261
    Geography: Province or territory, Economic region
    Description:

    Manitoba was the first jurisdiction in Canada to develop a specialized criminal justice system response for family violence cases.

    Release date: 2000-07-25

  • Articles and reports: 85-224-X20000005263
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In early 1997, two Domestic Violence Court (DVC) pilot projects were established in Toronto, one at Old City Hall and one at North York. Throughout 1997 and 1998, the pilots were expanded to six additional sites: Brampton, Durham Region, Hamilton, London, North Bay, and Ottawa.

    Release date: 2000-07-25

  • Articles and reports: 85-224-X20000005333
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This section highlights innovative court responses to the problem of family violence in the two provinces which currently have specialized courts to deal with family violence cases; Manitoba and Ontario.

    Release date: 2000-07-25

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X19990068232
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines shelters for abused women and looks at the services they provide.

    Release date: 1999-06-11

  • Stats in brief: 85-224-X19990005303
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In 1997, victims of spousal violence represented 17% of all violent offences reported to a sample of 179 police agencies in Canada. Women accounted for a large majority (88%) of all reported spousal violence victims.

    Release date: 1999-06-11

  • Articles and reports: 85-224-X19990005306
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    In Canada, there are a variety of data sources that can be used to examine the nature and extent of family violence. These fall into two general categories: victimization survey data based on victims' accounts of their experiences of family violence reported to survey interviewers, and those based on incidents reported to the police, hospitals, coroners, chlid welfare or other social agencies.

    Release date: 1999-06-11

  • 257. Spousal violence Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-224-X19990005307
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics has been tracking trends in crimes reported to the police since 1962 through the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

    Release date: 1999-06-11

  • Articles and reports: 85-224-X19990005309
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Since the 1980s, abuse of older Canadians has gained the attention of service providers, researchers, lobbyists, as well as policy makers. Abus can include physical, psychological or financial mistreatment of adults over the age of 65 years. A lack of information has made it difficult to quantify and truly understand the nature of the problem.

    Release date: 1999-06-11

  • Articles and reports: 85-224-X19990005311
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Physical and sexual assaults are among the most pervasive causes of harm and death to children and youth, yet the most difficult to document. Assaults by family members account for a substantial portion of all assaults against children and youth.

    Release date: 1999-06-11

  • Articles and reports: 85-224-X19990005315
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Changes in legislation, policies and programs on the part of both federal and provincial/territorial governments have occurred as part of a response to the problem of family violence. This section highlights a few of the responses by provincial courts, the federal correctional system, the network of transition homes and shelters across the country, as well as recent changes in provincial/territorial legislation.

    Release date: 1999-06-11
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  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 7538
    Description: This is non-Statistics Canada information.

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3328
    Description: The Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse (SRFVA) is a census of Canadian residential facilities primarily mandated to provide residential services to victims of abuse. The objective of SRFVA is to produce statistics on the services offered by these facilities during the previous 12 months, as well as to provide a one-day snapshot of the clientele being served on a specific date (mid-April of the survey year).
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