Risk assessment and safety planning
- Intimate partner violence: Safety planning [2018]Quick lesson from the Social Work Reference Center (note: you have to be authenticated by OACAS’s library databases to access)
- Safety planning video seriesSeries of eight videos from Caledon\Dufferin Victim Services covering safety planning at home, safety planning at work, cyber safety, and more
- Breaking through: Rethinking assessment practices in Ontario shelters [2011]This report from the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH) attempts to articulate a feminist anti-violence model and holistic conception of risk assessment based on the practices and tools in use at shelters and second stage houses
- Doing the right thing? (Re)considering risk assessment and safety planning in child protection work with domestic violence cases [2015]Note: login required; must be a PART member to access
- The Danger AssessmentThe Danger Assessment is an instrument that helps to determine the level of danger an abused woman has of being killed by her intimate partner
- Safety planning with domestic violence victims and their childrenCollection of resources curated by the Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Risk assessment, risk management, safety planningCollection of resources curated by the Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative (CDHPI)
- The Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA) training programThe ODARA is a tool for estimating the risk that a domestic violence offender will assault a partner again. It was created by the Ontario Provincial Police Behavioural Sciences and Analysis Section and researchers at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
Supporting women who have experienced violence
- Impact of domestic violence and abuse on women’s mental healthThis resource discusses some of the mental health needs and supports for women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse. A second page on getting help (for example, from counselling and therapy) is available here
- Parenting by mothers experiencing domestic violenceOverview of the ways that violence can impact a woman’s parenting
- Understanding women's experiences parenting in the context of domestic violence: Implications for community and court-related service providers [2005]This paper identifies and discusses seven central themes that highlight the intersection between woman abuse and parenting
- Impact of trauma on interaction and engagement [2011]This 1-pager provides information relevant to understanding trauma-related barriers to communication
- Tips for enhancing emotional safety [2011]Resource from the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health with tips on providing for the emotional safety of survivors
- Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well‐being of women who experience intimate partner abuse [2015]Systematic review assessing the effects of advocacy interventions with women who have experienced intimate partner abuse
Supporting men who have experienced violence
- Men abused by women in intimate relationships [2008]Resource from Alberta Human Services, Family Violence Prevention and Homeless Supports
- Intimate partner abuse against menResource from the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Position statement on male victims of crimes considered in the cross-Government strategy on ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) [2019]This position statement from the UK government is intended to complement its strategy for ending violence agaisnt women and girls