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There is a global epidemic of fatal and near fatal violence against female intimate partners. This book is aimed at ending it by implementing domestic violence death reviews.
List of contents
IntroductionGoal and Purposes
Organization
Summary and Lessons Learned
Chapter 1: DefinitionsHomicide
Homicide-suicide
Femicide
Social Issues
Purposes
Summary and Lessons Learned
Chapter 2: HistoryMedia Publicity
System Gaps
Alternative Models
Legislation
Summary and Lessons Learned
Chapter 3: TheoryPatriarchy Theory
Systems Theory
Ecological Theory
Proprietariness Theory
Summary and Lessons Learned
Chapter 4: Research Sample Selection
Findings
Evaluation
Recommendations
Summary and Lessons Learned
Chapter 5: Implications for Practice Coronial Rule
Study Design
Definitions
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Risk Factors
Protective Factors
Selection of Homicide Cases
Selection of Advisory Group Members
Contradictory Objective
Hierarchy of Voice
Public Awareness
Dilemmas
Accountability
Evaluation
Inter-agency Collaboration: DHR and CCR
Femicide-suicide
Arguments
Summary and Lessons Learned
Chapter 6: The Barriers ThesisDefinitions
Conceptual
Empirical
Implications
Summary and lessons learned
Chapter 7: Domestic Violence Homicide Reviews and Indigenous PeoplesIntroduction
Nomenclature
Findings
Settler Colonization Theory
Application
Problems
Prospects
Postscript
Summary and Lessons Learned
Chapter 8: Case StudiesIntroduction
The West Berkshire Safer Communities Partnership (CSP/DHR)
Ontario Domestic Violence Death Review Committee
Santa Clara Domestic Violence Death Review Team
Summary and Lessons Learned
Conclusions
Chapter 9: PolicyPart One
Part Two
ReferencesIndexAppendix A: Participating in Multi-agency Reviews of Homicide/Femicide CasesAppendix B: Chairing Multi-agency Homicide ReviewsAbout the Author
About the author
Desmond Ellis is a member of the Sociology graduate faculty and a Professor Emeritus based in the La Marsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Faculty of Health, York University. He served his country by his service in the Royal Artillery in England, and his community by serving as a Board member of the women's safety promoting Elspeth Heyworth Centre in Toronto, and the Conflict Mediation Service, Downsview. He was also a member of the Domestic Violence Sub-committee to the Federal U.S., Uniform Collaborative Law Act Task Force. During his tenure at York, he was appointed by Justice Canada to the Family Violence Advisory Group set up to implement national family violence user guidelines for family violence practitioners to identify and respond to family violence. With colleague Mike Smith, he created the La Marsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution. As a faculty member at York, he published a number of research reports, books and articles on male partner violence associated with separation, and the effects of participating is collaborative and adversarial family court proceeding on male partner violence. His most recent book,
Domestic Violence: A Practical Handbook for Family Lawyers, was published by Lexis-Nexis in 2019.
