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Dawson, Carleton U collaborators to examine violence & social media

Dawson, Carleton U collaborators to examine violence & social media

Myrna Dawson and Carleton University collaborators, Jordan Fairbairn and Rena Bivens, along with their community partner, the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women, have been awarded funding by Crime Prevention Ottawa to assess current research on the use of social media to perpetrate sexual and intimate partner violence and to identify current prevention efforts targeting these behaviours.

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Community & academic experts attend knowledge exchange

Community & academic experts attend knowledge exchange

More than 80 community and academic experts from across the country came together earlier this month to discuss challenges and to share best practices around safety planning, risk assessment and risk management in cases of intimate partner and domestic violence.

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Dawson, Cahill present at Law & Society meetings in Hawaii

Dawson, Cahill present at Law & Society meetings in Hawaii

Dr. Myrna Dawson and Sarah Cahill, a Master’s student in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy program, University of Guelph, presented a paper called “Gender and sentencing: Do female homicide offenders received gendered treatment?” at the Law and Society meetings held in Hawai’i from June 5-8.

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