Family and Relationship Violence

Family violence occurs in relationships of intimacy, kinship, dependency, or trust. It ranges from physical, emotional, financial, and sexual abuse to neglect. It includes any family relationship: spousal, common-law, children, and seniors.

Approach

The RCMP follows a collaborative and cooperative approach to addressing family violence by:

• raising public awareness on risk factors and effects of family and relationship violence.
• leading or partnering in community-based workshops on victims’ issues, sexual assault, and relationship violence.
• assisting communities in using problem-solving approaches to family violence.
• delivering family violence-related training to its members, victims’ services coordinators and community volunteers.

Publications

In collaboration with the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence and other partners, the RCMP has developed the following public awareness resources:

• Criminal Harassment: Stalking - It's NOT Love
• Dating Violence - Say NO!
• Effects of Domestic Violence on Children - Where does it Hurt?
• Spousal and Partner Abuse - It can be stopped
• Stopping Child Abuse - Protecting Our Future