Domestic Violence Flashcards
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.
Bona Fide Reason
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.
Child in Need of Protection
homicides as defined in subsection 222(4), Criminal Code, and attempts;
sexual assaults, and all attempts (for the purpose of this standard, is deemed to include sexual interference, sexual
exploitation and invitation to sexual touching);
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;
occurrences involving non-familial abductions and attempts;
missing person occurrences, as outlined in the Ontario Major Case Management Manual;
occurrences suspected to be homicide involving found human remains;
criminal harassment cases in which the offender is not known to the victim; and,
any other types of cases designated as a major case
Criteria Offence – Ontario Major Case Management
any incident between persons involved in an intimate relationship where, although no criminal offence has occurred, police have been called to the scene.
Domestic Incident
a report created to detail criminal behaviour and/or a breach of any statute related to a domestic situation and includes an arrest report. (excludes a Domestic Incident Report).
Domestic Occurrence
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 investigation
Domestic Violence
an investigator qualified in the investigations of domestic violence as
prescribed in Police Services Act, O.Reg. 3/99, Adequacy & Effectiveness of Police Services and the Policing Standards
Manual.
Domestic Violence Investigator (DVI)
the individual who has been the principal abuser, and not necessarily the person who initiated the violence that resulted in the attendance of police.
Dominant Aggressor
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.
Firearms Interest Police (FIP)
includes current or former relationships between opposite sex and same sex partners and include
persons who:
are legally married to one another;
were previously married to one another;
are not married, but are currently in a family–type relationship;
are not married, but were formerly in a family–type relationship;
have a child in common regardless of whether such persons have been married or lived together at one time, or;
are (or have ever been) involved in a dating relationship.
Intimate Relationship
dating is a form of courtship by two people who meet and engage in some mutually agreed upon social activity and they may or may not be involved in a sexual relationship. It is also how each person perceives the relationship.
Intimate Relationship – Dating
a person to whom harm was done or who suffered physical or emotional loss as a result of the commission of the
offence; and
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.
Victim
a program administered by Victim Services Toronto that provides quick financial assistance to victims of homicide, attempted murder, serious physical assault, domestic violence, sexual assault and hate crime in the immediate aftermath of a crime.
Victim Quick Response Program
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 domestic 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.
Victim/Witness Assistance Program (VWAP)
