Victims of Crime Committee

Mandate

Enhance the Canadian police community’s capacity to respond effectively to the needs of victims of crime.

Objectives

1. Enable dialogue, problem solving and innovation across Canada to address victims' issues.
    
2. Advocate for legislative changes to address the needs of victims.

Co-Chairs

Assistant Commissioner Trevor Daroux and Chief Cheryl Gervais

Sub-Committees

• Trauma-informed investigative practices

Activities

CACP | Victims of Crime Committee – 2016 Annual Report from Ribbet Inc. on Vimeo.

Justice Canada Knowledge Exchange 2017: Summary of Proceedings Now Available

Justice Canada hosted a Knowledge Exchange on the criminal justice system’s responses to sexual assault against adults on March 7-8, 2017.  The objective of the event was to better understand why, despite Canada’s robust criminal laws related to sexual assault, rates of reporting, prosecution, and conviction remain low. The event also explored  how the criminal justice system’s responses to sexual assault could be improved.  

The summary of this event is now available online. You can access the document here:  http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/victims-victimes/cal/summ-resu.html.

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