Research Corner

The following reports are written by external subject matter specialists, who are contracted by the OFOVC to explore areas within their fields of expertise related to victimology.

The views expressed in the research papers are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime.

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• Understanding the Experiences of Coercive Control and Sexual Exploitation

  Prepared by: 
  Andrea Silverstone, Chief Executive Officer, Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society
  Carrie McManus, Director of Innovation and Programs, Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society Ontario Tech University
  Rod Dubrow-Marshall, PhD, Professor, Co-Programme Leader, Masters of Science Psychology of Coercive Control, University of Salford and RETIRN, UK 
  October 2022

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• Federalism and Victims’ Rights in Canada

  Prepared by Marie Manikis, Associate Professor at McGill University
  August 2021

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• The differences in application of legislation and criminal justice practice to address issues experienced by victims of private versus public violence

  Prepared by Dr. Hannah Scott
  Ontario Tech University
  May 2021

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• Developing a modernized federal response plan for Canadians victimized abroad in acts of mass violence: How Canada can address the needs of cross-border victims based on international best practices

  Part 1 – The needs of cross-border victims and the current systems across the five eyes
  Part 2 – Analysis of the five eyes’ systems for addressing cross-border victims’ needs – discerning best practices and proposing targeted recommendations for Canada

  Prepared by : Canadian Coalition Against Terror (C-CAT)
  March 2021

  Part 1 – PDF version
  Part 2 – PDF version

• Victims and survivors of impaired driving and Canada’s parole process

  Prepared by MADD Canada
  March 2021

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• Compensating Crime Victims

  Prepared by Jo-Anne Wemmers, PhD
  March 2021

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• Not the ‘golden years’: Femicide of older women in Canada

  Prepared by Myrna Dawson, PhD
  Professor and Research Leadership Chair
  Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence, University of Guelph
  April 2021

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• Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada

  Prepared by Dr. Benjamin Roebeck, Diana McGlinchey, Kristine Hastie, Marissa Taylor, Maryann Roebuck, Simrat Bhele, Emily Hudson, Riya Grace Xavier
  August 2020

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• Community-Based Anti-Violence Worker Wellness:
  A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime

  Prepared by : Kate Rossiter (PhD), Misha Dhillon (MA), and Tracy Porteous (RCC)
  April 2020

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• Understanding coercive control in the context of intimate partner violence in Canada: How to address the issue through the criminal justice system?

  Prepared by Carmen Gill, Ph.D. and Mary Aspinall, Ph.D. candidate
  April 2020

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• Sawbonna: Victim-led restorative justice

  Prepared by: Margot Van Sluytman, Poet, B.A., M.A.
  March 2020

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• Restorative approaches and gendered violence: Moving beyond is it possible? A Discussion Paper

  Prepared by Verona Singer, PhD
  31 May 2019

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