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.
Résumé
"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.
Contenu
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.