Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

e-Books

Alternate Title

Harcèlement criminel : guide à l’intention des policiers et des procureurs de la Couronne.

Authors

• Canada. Department of Justice, issuing body.
• Family Violence Initiative (Canada)
• Federal/Provincial/Territorial Working Group on Criminal Harassment (Canada)

Publishers

• [Ottawa, Ont.] : Department of Justice Canada, 2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource (iii, 126 pages)

Note

"November 2012"--Title page.
"Originally prepared in 1999 by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Working Group on Criminal Harassment for the Department of Justice Canada."--Title page.
"Family Violence Initiative".
Issued also in French under title: Harcèlement criminel : guide à l’intention des policiers et des procureurs de la Couronne.

Summary

"The purpose of this handbook is to provide police and Crown prosecutors with guidelines for the investigation and prosecution of criminal harassment cases and to promote an integrated criminal justice response to stalking. It is intended to be a starting point for police and Crowns. Police and Crowns are encouraged to adapt these guidelines to reflect the particular needs and circumstances of each jurisdiction and each case. The Handbook was developed by a working group of federal/provincial/territorial criminal justice officials in consultation with criminal justice professionals. It was first published in 1999 and updated in 2004. The development of these guidelines was prompted by the findings and recommendations of the 1996 Department of Justice Canada review of the criminal harassment provisions in the Criminal Code. The updates have been published in response to positive feedback regarding the usefulness of the Handbook and requests for more current information."--Page 2.

Subject

• Harassment - Canada - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Stalking - Canada - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Harassment - Law and legislation - Canada.
• Stalking - Law and legislation - Canada.

Edition

Revised 2012.

Contents

Part 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Purpose of this handbook -- 1.2. Legislative history of criminal harassment -- 1.3. What do we know about criminal harassment in Canada? -- 1.4. Impact of criminal harassment on the victim -- 1.5. What do we know about stalkers? -- 1.6. Using technology to criminally harass (a.k.a. cyberstalking, online criminal harassment, and cyberbullying) -- Part 2. Guidelines for police: investigating criminal harassment -- 2.1. Complainant interview -- 2.2. Advice to the complainant -- 2.3. Victim welfare -- 2.4. Collecting evidence: information to investigate and document -- 2.5. Additional investigative techniques -- 2.6. Collecting technological evidence -- 2.7. Physical evidence -- 2.8. Search warrants -- 2.9. Expert assistance -- 2.10. Threat and risk assessments -- 2.11. Level of intervention -- 2.12. Release from custody -- 2.13. Police report to crown counsel -- 2.14. Coding or scoring files for incidents -- 2.15 The National Flagging System (NFS) for high-risk offenders -- Part 3. The law -- 3.1. Prohibition of criminal harassment -- 3.2. Criminal Code provisions -- 3.3. Charter challenges -- 3.4. Key elements -- 3.5. Murder committed in the course of criminal harassment -- 3.6. Case law dealing with cyberstalking and online harassment -- Part 4. Guidelines for crown prosecutors -- 4.1. Process considerations -- 4.2. Victim interview -- 4.3. Approval or review of charges -- 4.4. Pre-trial release -- 4.5. Conditions for release -- 4.6. Election: summary conviction or indictment considerations -- 4.7. Case preparation -- 4.8. Sentencing -- 4.9. Ancillary sentencing orders -- 4.10. Victim impact statements -- Appendix A. Experts: police specialists -- Appendix B. Legislative history of section 264 of the Criminal Code.