A Review of the Calgary Child Witness Court Preparation Program: Issues and Implications for Child Witnesses and the Criminal Justice System

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Evaluation of The Calgary Child Witness Court Preparation Program.

The Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Abuse, RESOLVE Alberta (University of Calgary) and Mount Royal College (Justice Studies) with the support of Calgary Police Service (Victim Programs) Calgary and area Child and Family Services Authority and Alberta Justice Crown Prosecutor's Office. The Calgary Child Witness Court Preparation Program has been providing services for a decade and it is timely to review the data available on child witnesses, offenders, and the response of the Criminal Justice System. With the support and partnership of RESOLVE Alberta (University of Calgary) and specifically Dr. Leslie Tutty and Kendra Nixon, MSW, Lynn Barry and Toni Maier-Morkin, the research project has continued to gather, compile, analyze and interpret program data to document characteristics and trends in the area of child witnesses.

Funding was generously provided from the Nickel Foundation ($13,900) and the Alberta Law Foundation ($18,600) and City of Calgary Match Solutions ($15,500) The final report is expected to be released in the fall of 2004.

For further information, please contact Lynn Barry - (403) 289-8385 or email csica@shaw.ca or
csica@telus.net