Definitions - Int Partner Violence

Question 1

means
 a victim or witness who may possibly require or may seek admission into the Provincial Witness Protection Program;
 a Crown Attorney is requesting information for disclosure purposes;
 the information is necessary to prove essential elements of an offence, or;
 investigations where the circumstances make it clear that it is essential to public or officer safety and security to
ascertain the immigration status of a victim or witness.

Answer 1

Bona Fide Reasons

Question 2

means a child that can be apprehended as being in need of protection as defined in s.125 (1)
of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act.

Answer 2

Child in need of protection

Question 3

means the following major cases:
(a) homicides as defined in subsection 222(4), Criminal Code, and attempts;
(b) sexual assaults, and all attempts (for the purpose of this standard, is deemed to include sexual interference, sexual
exploitation and invitation to sexual touching);
(c) trafficking in persons as defined in section 279.01, 279.011 or 279.04, Criminal Code, and attempts as defined in
section 24(1) Criminal Code;
(d) occurrences involving non-familial abductions and attempts;
(e) missing person occurrences, as outlined in the Ontario Major Case Management Manual;
(f) occurrences suspected to be homicide involving found human remains;
(g) criminal harassment cases in which the offender is not known to the victim; and,
(h) any other types of cases designated as a major case pursuant to this Ontario Major Case Management Manual.
[Source: Ontario Major Case Management Manual]

Answer 3

Criteria Offence – Ontario Major Case Management

Question 4

means the individual who has been the principal abuser, and not necessarily the person who initiated
the violence that resulted in the attendance of police.

Answer 4

Dominant Aggressor

Question 5

means a database within the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) system that
contains information from local police agencies, which could affect an individual’s eligibility to be issued or to continue to
hold a firearms licence. Section 5 of the Firearms Act indicates the types of offences/incidents which justify a FIP.

Answer 5

Firearms Interest Police (FIP)

Question 6

means any incident between persons involved in an intimate relationship where, although no
criminal offence has occurred, police have been called to the scene.

Answer 6

Intimate Partner Incident

Question 7

means any physical, sexual or psychological harm caused, or attempted, between persons
involved in an intimate relationship including:
 assault;
 murder;
 sexual assault;
 threatening;
 harassment;
 intimidation;
 unlawful interference with personal liberty;
 any other criminal offence;
 offences under other statutes, such as the Family Law Act, Children’s Law Reform Act, etc.;
but does not include child abuse investigations.

Answer 7

Intimate Partner Violence

Question 8

means an investigator qualified in the investigations of intimate partner
violence as prescribed in Police Services Act, O.Reg. 3/99, Adequacy & Effectiveness of Police Services and the Policing
Standards Manual.

Answer 8

Intimate Partner Violence Investigator (IPVI)

Question 9

means an occurrence report created to detail criminal behaviour and/or a breach
of any statute related to an intimate partner violence situation and includes an arrest report. (excludes an Intimate Partner
Incident Report).

Answer 9

Intimate Partner Violence Occurrence

Question 10

means marriage, domestic partnership, engagement, casual or serious romantic
involvement, and dating, whether in a current or former relationship. Intimate Partner Violence can occur between persons
of any sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, and it can occur in any type of intimate
relationship including monogamous, non- committed, and relationships involving more than two (2) partners.

Answer 10

Intimate Relationship – Dating –

Question 11

means:
(a) a person to whom harm was done or who suffered physical or emotional loss as a result of the commission of the
offence; and
(b) where the person described in paragraph (a) is dead, ill or otherwise incapable of making a statement referred to in
subsection (1), includes the spouse or common-law partner or any relative of that person, anyone who has in law or
fact the custody of that person or is responsible for the care or support of that person or any dependant of that person.
[Source: Criminal Code, 722(4)]

Answer 11

Victim

Question 12

means a program administered by Victim Services Toronto that provides quick financial
assistance to victims of homicide, attempted murder, serious physical assault, intimate partner violence, sexual assault and
hate crime in the immediate aftermath of a crime.

Answer 12

victim quick response program

Question 13

means the program operated by the (Ontario) Ministry of the Attorney
General. Services are provided on a priority basis to the most vulnerable victims and witnesses of violent crime; such as
intimate partner violence, child abuse, sexual assault, homicide and hate crime. Families of traffic fatality victims are also
eligible. Services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is concluded.

Answer 13

Victim/Witness Assistance Program (VWAP)