“Restorative Justice at a
Community Policing Center: A Pilot Project",
Vancouver 2006-07
Funded by the Ministry of Children and Family Development
with the Vancouver Police Department.
Implement and evaluate a restorative project with a community
policing center.
"Restorative Resolutions
for Gangs", Vancouver 2006-07
Funded by the Ministry of Children and Family Development
with the Vancouver Police Department.
Assess criminal gang related activities in multicultural
communities and develop a restorative resolution.
"Restorative Resolutions to
Crime: Pilot Projects in Social Housing"
Deep Quong and Vance Latchford Place, Toronto Ontario,
2006-07
Build the capacity of residents of social housing buildings
to resolve conflict utilizing restorative principles and
practices.
"Conflict and Resolution in
High Schools", Vancouver, 2005-2006.
Exploratory studies at three high schools for the Vancouver
School Board. To assess conflict and the potential of implementing
restorative action.
"Improving the Response to
Domestic Violence in Central Asia”
Funded by the U.S. Department of State ($639,650), 1999
- 2001
Co-directors Edward Snajdr (cultural anthropologist) and
Dmitriy Vyortkin (international relations specialist).
An action research project on
improving the response to domestic violence in the Republic
of Kazakhstan. Worked with government officials and non-governmental
organizations to enhance services for victims and police
response to offenders. Conducted workshops, focus groups,
and interviews; developed police curriculum and completed
police training.
“Putting the Model Policies
on the Streets of Florida: Policy
Revision, Promulgation and Training”,
1999 - 2000
Funded by Department of Community Affairs ($240,000)
Directors Lorie Fridell and Tony Pate.
Police training on domestic violence policies throughout
Florida.
“Florida Delinquent Girls
Research Project”, 1997 - 1999
Bureau of Data and Research, Florida Department of Juvenile
Justice, Tallahassee. Funded by the federal Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention ($359,000)
Randomly selected 25% of girls in all medium and high-risk
residential facilities in Florida. Completed in-depth interviews
and obtained personal and criminal histories.
“Family Violence in Aboriginal
Communities”, 2000
Principle investigator Robert Kiyoshk. Funded by the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police and Aboriginal Nurses Association
“Community Justice: A National
Assessment”, 1999
Principal investigators Todd Clear & David Karp. Funded
by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Correctional Service of Canada,
1994
“Review of Aboriginal Family Violence Treatment Programs
for Men"
Royal Commission on Aboriginal
Peoples, 1993
“Family Violence and Aboriginal Peoples”
Policing in British Columbia Commission
of Inquiry (Oppal Commission), 1993
"Aboriginal Policing in British Columbia". Principal
investigator Curt Griffiths
“Study of the Enforcement
of Domestic Violence Injunctions in Florida”,
1997
Institute for Health and Human Services Research, Florida
State University. Funded by the Governor’s Task Force
on Domestic and Sexual Violence ($30,000)
"Crime, Law, and Justice Among
Inuit in the Baffin Region, N.W.T.”, 1991-1995
Criminology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University. Principal
Investigator Curt Griffiths. Funded by Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council with additional funding from
Justice Canada ($370,000)
"Canadian Database: Patients
Held on Lieutenant Governor’s Warrants",
1988-1989
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto and Ministry of
Justice, Ottawa. Principal Investigator Chris Webster
