Violence against Women in Relationships:
An Analysis of Policies and Actions

by
Patricia Kachuk, Ph.D.

The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children

©November 1998

This research was funded by a grant from
Status of Women Canada and SSHRC

CONTENTS

• I. Background

• II. The Criminal Justice System According to the 1996 VAWIR Policy: The Way it Should Work

• III. Potential Problems with the Implementation of Policy Guidelines

• IV. Pre-trial Diversion: A Formal System of Diversion for Adults in BC

• V. Pre-charge Diversion/Informal System of Diversion: Community Accountability Programs based on a Restorative Justice Philosophy

• Bibliography

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