The Centre for the Prevention and Reduction of Violence (CPRV) at Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) builds on the experiences of these frontline practitioners – supporting applied research that translates the knowledge gained through and embedded in practice into curriculum, programming, policy, and theory.
Violence affects the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities – and no one understands this better than frontline practitioners. They are present in everyday situations and under extraordinary conditions to respond to those who witness and experience violence at many different levels: emotionally, psychologically, physically, spiritually and environmentally.
Projects
This is a man’s problem: Strategies for working with South Asian male perpetrators of intimate partner violence
"This is a man's problem" is an exploratory project with frontline practitioners in lower mainland South Asian communities. The research looked at the development of effective prevention and intervention strategies for male perpetrators of intimate partner violence. The first stage of this research involved in-depth qualitative interviews with 15 frontline practitioners in this field. The second stage of the research involved interviews with Corrections and Probation Officers.
The research has been disseminated through Community forums and presentations including The South Asian Community Champions Against Domestic Abuse Forum held April 10, 2011 to commemorate The National Victims of Crime Awareness Week (April 10-16, 2011) with funding support from the Department of Justice Canada.
Evaluation of the Code White Program to Reduce Workplace Violence At St. Paul’s Hospital
Code White is a project with Providence Health Care. The Evaluation of the Code White Program to Reduce Workplace Violence At St. Paul’s Hospital project looked at how hospital staff and other healthcare providers learn how to respond effectively to workplace violence, maintaining both public and personal safety. The project involved a systematic collection of information from those directly involved to determine the correlations among low injury report rates and, for example, skillful de-escalation of aggressive and violent situations; effective training and mentoring opportunities; staff self-selection as well as targeted recruitment of compassionate and responsive employees for this particular site with its particular patient population.
CPRV supported the services of a Doctoral Graduate Student, Sevinj Askerova, under the direction of Dr. Richard Sullivan, UBC School of Social Work to conduct an analysis of existing quantitative and qualitative data.
Domestic Violence Prevention and Reduction in British Columbia (2000-2010)
The report was an initiative of the CPRVs Violence Reduction Circle, a collaboration of domestic and family violence researchers from the JIBC, University of Victoria, UBC, Simon Fraser University, The BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, NGO’s and hospital clinical settings. Advocating Violence Prevention through research and strategic investments in families and children, CPRV supports a BC collaboration of researchers from BC universities, hospitals and NGO’s.