Centering Children: Fathers and Domestic Violence

Dr. Peter Jaffe and Dr. Katreena Scott from the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at the University of Western Ontario discuss the issues and challenges facing family courts in cases that involve fathers who use domestic violence.

*Transcript available upon request.

Guest Bios:

Peter Jaffe is a Psychologist and Professor in the Faculty of Education at Western University and the Director Emeritus of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children at Western University. He is the Director Emeritus for the London Family Court Clinic, a children’s mental health centre specializing in issues that bring children and families into the justice system in London, Ontario. Dr. Jaffe has co-authored ten books, 29 chapters and over 80 articles related to domestic violence, the impact of domestic violence on children, homicide prevention and the role of the criminal and family justice systems.

Dr. Katreena Scott is the Academic Director of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children. As the Academic Director of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, Dr. Scott leads a team of students and research associates who are working to understand and prevent violence in relationships. have spent most of my career at the University of Toronto where I held a Canada Research Chair in Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention.