Risk Assessment, Risk Management and Safety Planning: Knowledge Exchange
The Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children hosted a Risk Assessment, Risk Management and Safety Planning Knowledge Exchange from October 17th to 19th, 2012 at Western University in London, Ontario.
Co-chairs Peter Jaffe and Myrna Dawson stated:
"We welcome you to our special knowledge exchange on Risk Assessment, Risk Management and Safety Planning. With the support of the Department of Justice, we have been able to assemble leading thinkers from community organizations, government ministries and universities from coast to coast. We know the time we spend together will be productive and enhance our policies, practices and research designed to prevent domestic violence tragedies. We dedicate our time together and our efforts to organize this knowledge exchange to the many victims of domestic homicide. We hope we can learn from them and surviving family members in order to prevent deaths in similar circumstances in the future."
Conference Agenda with French version attached
French Language copies of Conference Videos
Conference Videos with embedded PowerPoints (in order following Conference Agenda):
Opening and Neil Websdale
Lessons Learned from Tragedies: An International Perspective on the Importance of Risk Assessment & Management
Myrna Dawson and Peter Jaffe
Review of trends from domestic homicide reviews
Jill Messing
Lessons learned from developing and implementing the Danger Assessment.
Randy Kropp
Lessons learned from developing and implementing the B-Safer & SARA.
Zoe Hilton
Lessons learned from developing and implementing the ODARA.
Val Campbell
Challenges and progress in information sharing and collaboration from a crown counsel perspective.
Kelly Grubb
Challenges and progress in information sharing and collaboration from a policing perspective.
Mark Holmes
Challenges and progress in information sharing and collaboration from a community service perspective (male perpetrator program from intake to program completion/follow-up)
Carolyn Goard
Challenges and progress in information sharing and collaboration from a community service perspective (shelter and counseling for victims).
Barb MacQuarrie
Challenges in information sharing and collaboration from a workplace safety perspective.
Hon Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond
The Review of the Homicide of the Schoenborn Children: Lessons Learned from a Tragedy.
Katreena Scott
Working with fathers to recognize harm to children
Peter Jaffe
Working with the family law system to recognize parenting plans that endanger children after separation.
Myriam Dube
Educating community professionals and the public on the harm of domestic violence for children.
Mohammed Baobaid
Challenges and promising practices in risk assessment with immigrant and refugee victims and perpetrators of domestic violence.
Nora Lee Rear
Challenges and promising practices in risk assessment with Aboriginal victims of domestic violence.
Deborah Doherty
Challenges and promising practices in risk assessment with victims in rural and remote communities.
Kevin McNichol
Challenges and promising practices in risk management with multiple factors such as substance abuse and mental health issues.
Tammy Ward
Challenges and promising practices in risk management for police before and after court decisions/intervention.
Katreena Scott
Working with fathers to recognize harm to children
Pauline Jackson
Specialized probation and court intervention to manage domestic violence perpetrators.
Susan Young
Safety planning from a victim/survivor perspective.
Verona Singer
Victim service and police role and limitations in safety planning for victims of in safety planning for victim of domestic violence.
Tracy Porteous
Community support for victims in safety planning.
Clare Freeman
Community collaboration with the justice sector in safety planning.
