Peter Jaffe, Ph.D, C.PsychProfessor, Academic Director, Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario
Founding Director, London Family Court Clinic
London, Ontario, Canada
Area of expertise: child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, offender treatment, and child witnesses.
Dr. Jaffe has been the recipient of many prestigious awards including: Violence Against Women Symposium 2002 Award, which honoured his work, activism and advocacy at the local, provincial and national level, BC Institute on the Violence Prevention (2002); Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Professional Award (1998); and Muriel McQueen Fergusson Award for contributions in the area of reducing family violence (1994).
Dr. Jaffe has been widely published, co-authoring nine books and contributing over 60 articles to either peer-reviewed journals, or as chapters. He is a frequent expert witness providing expert testimony in the following areas: assessment and treatment of young offenders; custody and access disputes; post- traumatic stress disorder; domestic violence against women and children; treatment of violent offenders; and impact of violence on victims and child witnesses.
