Dr. Peter Jaffe, PhD.

Dr. Peter Jaffe is a psychologist, Professor Emeritus, and one of the founding Directors of the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women & Children in the Faculty of Education at Western University (London Ontario, Canada). He has co-authored eleven books, 40 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. For the past 30 years, he has presented workshops across the United States and Canada, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica and Europe to various groups including judges, lawyers, health, mental health professionals and educators. Since 1999, he has been on faculty for the National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges in the US for judicial education programs entitled “Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases”. He was a founding member of Ontario's Chief Coroner’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee. He has also been instrumental in developing violence prevention programs for schools. Together with David Wolfe, Claire Crooks and Ray Hughes, he helped in the development of “The Fourth R: Skills for Youth Relationships”, a school-based curriculum targeting multiple forms of violence, including bullying, dating violence and peer violence. The curriculum is being used in over 5,000 schools in Canada and the US. In 2009, he was named an Officer in the Order of Canada by the Governor General for his work preventing domestic violence in the community.

Selected Publications:

Jaffe, P., Scott, K., & Straatman, A. L. (Eds) (2020). Preventing Domestic Homicides: Lessons Learned from Tragedies. Cambridge MA: Academic Press. available at https://www.elsevier.com/books/preventing-domestic-homicides/jaffe/978-0-12-819463-8

Jaffe, P.G., Campbell. M., Olszowy, L., Hamilton, L.H.A. (2014) Paternal filicide in the context of domestic violence: Challenges in risk assessment and risk management for community and justice professionals. Child Abuse Review, 23 (2) 142-153.

Jaffe, P.G., Johnston, J. R., Crooks, C. V., Bala, N. (2008). Custody disputes involving allegations of domestic violence: The need for differentiated approaches to parenting plan. Family Court Review, 46, 500-522.

Learning Briefs

http://cdhpi.ca/domestic-violence-risk-assessment-informing-safety-planning-risk-management-brief

http://cdhpi.ca/children-and-domestic-homicide-understanding-risks