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Vancouver therapy groups for assaultive males : a program development review / Andy Wachtel, Bruce Levens.: JS4-1/1984-75E-PDF

"This report describes a pilot project, co-sponsored by the federal Ministry of the Solicitor General and the Ministry of Attorney General of B.C., to provide group therapy in Vancouver for men who had assaulted their spouses. Men were recruited into the program in three ways (in order of project priority): (1) directed by the court to attend as a condition of probation; (2) referred by family court counsellors, and (3) referred by others or self-referred. In the year from June 1982 to May 1983, five groups were run under the leadership of co-counsellors"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Solicitor General Canada. Programs Branch, issuing body.
TitleVancouver therapy groups for assaultive males : a program development review / Andy Wachtel, Bruce Levens.
Series title
  • Programs Branch user report ; no. 1984-75
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Public Safety Canada].
  • Issued also in French under title: Les groupes thérapeutiques à l'intention des maris violents : étude d'un programme mis au point à Vancouver.
  • "This working paper was prepared under contract for the Research Division and is made available as submitted to the Ministry. The views expressed are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada."
  • "Privacy regulations of the funder make necessary the deletion of names from the text of the report to expedite its dissemination. The effect of this editing, however, can convey a forced, anonymous feeling, particularly in the sections which trace the development of the project. There is no intention to deny full recognition to the many individuals who have contributed to the formation of the assaultive males therapy group program"--Note to readers.
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-64).
Publishing information
  • Vancouver, B.C. : Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada, Secretariat, Programs Branch, 1984.
Author / Contributor
  • Wachtel, Andy,1947- author.
Description1 online resource (iv, 115 pages) : illustrations.
Catalogue number
  • JS4-1/1984-75E-PDF
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