Implementation Report on the 1984 Federal/Provincial/Territorial Report on Wife Battering: Federal Section

• NCJ Number: 114277
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 269 pages
• Corporate Author: Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Technical)
• Language: French; English
• Country: Canada
• Note: Prepared for the meeting of Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women, British Columbia, June 5-6, 1986.

Annotation

This report describes the initiatives taken by several departments in the Federal government of Canada in response to the recommendations made in 1984 by Canadian ministers at all levels of government and focusing on ways of addressing the problem of wife beating.

Abstract

The recommendations focused on actions to be taken by the Health and Welfare Canada, Solicitor General Canada, Justice Canada, the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporations, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Secretary of State Canada, and Status of Women Canada. Recommendations covered the need for interagency and intergovernmental coordination, meetings, training programs and materials, development of guidelines, services for victims, funding, and actions by the criminal justice system. Details of actions in each area are provided. For descriptions of actions taken in each province and territory, see NCJ 114275-76 and NCJ 114278-85.