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Janis Rotman Roundtable 2025-2026
The following list is a compilation of articles, reports, books, and peer-reviewed publications shared by participants of the 2025-2026 Janis Rotman Roundtable.
Magazine article
Ransome, N., What Happens after Young Victims Testify? For Most Kids, Not Enough. Walrus, October 30, 2025.
Reports
Bridging Justices: A Critical Exploration of Moratoriums on Restorative and Transformative Justice for Sexual Harm in Ontario, Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (LEAF) and Community Justice Initiatives (CJI), (2025)
Rethinking Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Systemic Investigation, Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime (2025)
Study on Intimate Partner Violence, Standing Committee on Justice Policy, Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2025)
JustFacts: Victimization of Indigenous Children and Youth, Department of Justice Canada, Government of Canada (2017)
Books & Book Chapters
Alaggia, R., Vine, C., Cruel But Not Unusual: Violence in Families in Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2022)
Charles, G., & Quinn, A., Child and Youth Care and the Youth Criminal Justice System. Child and Youth Care across Sectors, Volume 2: Canadian Perspectives, 148
Clarke, K., & Yellow Bird, M. (2021). Decolonizing pathways towards integrative healing in social work. Taylor & Francis.
Marinari, A. (2020), Restorative Justice for Sexual Abuse Survivors. Monograph
Stephens, T., Gopalan, G., Acri, M.C., Bowman, M., McKay, M.M. (2018). Culturally Relevant, Trauma-Informed Engagement Strategies for Child Welfare Workers: Moving Beyond Compliance to Engagement with Families Experiencing High Levels of Exposure to Trauma and Stress. In: Strand, V., Sprang, G. (eds) Trauma Responsive Child Welfare Systems. Springer, Cham.
Peer Reviewed Publications
Abdul Latiff, M., Fang, L., Goh, D. A., & Tan, L. J. (2024). A systematic review of factors associated with disclosure of child sexual abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 147, 106564. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106564
Alaggia, R. & Collin-Vézina, D. (2020). Child sexual abuse and youth sexual assault: Environmental impacts on disclosure and response to disclosures. Child Abuse & Neglect, 102, 104284. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104284
Alaggia, R., Collin-Vézina, D., & Lateef, R. (2019). Facilitators and barriers to child sexual abuse (CSA) disclosures: A research update (2000-2016). Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 20 (2): 260-283. DOI: 10.1177/1524838017697312
Alaggia R., Maiter, S., & Jenney, A. (2017). In whose words? Struggles and strategies of service providers working with immigrant clients with limited language abilities in the violence against women sector and child protection services. Child and Family Social Work, 22(1), 472-481.
Benjamin, Perrin and Muller, Robert T., Toward a Trauma-informed Approach to Evidence Law: Witness Credibility and Reliability (December 15, 2023). The Canadian Bar Review (2023) 101:3. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5007163
Bodkin, C., Picnic, L., Bondy, S.J., Ziegler, C., Martin, R.E., Jernigan, C., Koujoumdjian, F. (2019) History of Childhood Abuse in Populations Incarcerated in Canada: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Public Health, DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2018.304855
Baumtrog, M. D., & Peach, H. (2019). They can’t be believed: children, intersectionality, and epistemic injustice. Journal of Global Ethics, 15(3), 213–232. DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2019.1695280
Champine, R.B., Matlin, S., Strambler, M.J., & Tebes, J.K. (2018). Trauma-informed family practices: Toward integrated and evidence-based approaches. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(9), 2732-2734. 10.1111/jfcj.70019
Chenier, K., Shawyer, A., Williams, A., & Milne, R. (2021). ‘Cold feet’: The attrition of historic child sexual abuse cases reported to the police in a Northern Canadian Territory. Child Abuse & Neglect, 120, 105206–105206. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105206
Elenko, J., Dimitropoulos, G. & Parker, N. Examining Professional Perceptions and Use of Remote Testimony in a Child and Youth Advocacy Centre: A Convergent Mixed Methods Study. Int. Journal on Child Malt. (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s42448-025-00239-x
Elmi MH, Daignault IV, Hébert M. (2018) Child sexual abuse victims as witnesses: The influence of testifying on their recovery. Child Abuse & Neglect, 86:22-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.09.001
Fernandes, D., Gomes, J. P., Albuquerque, P. B., & Matos, M. (2024). Forensic Interview Techniques in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: A Scoping Review. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 25(2), 1382–1396. DOI: 10.1177/15248380231177317
Field, N., & Katz, C. (2023). The Experiences and Perceptions of Sexually Abused Children as Participants in the Legal Process: Key Conclusions From a Scoping Literature Review. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 24(4), DOI: 10.1177/15248380221111463
Finkelhor, D., Cross, T.P., Cantor, E.N. (2005) The Justice System for Juvenile Victims: A Comprehensive Model of Case Flow. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. Vol. 6, No. 2, 1-20. DOI: 10.1177/1524838005275090
Frenette, N., Elenko, J., Koshan, J., Parker, N. J. & Dimitropoulos, G. (2025). Trauma-informed justice in child abuse cases: A literature review. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 00, 1–24. DOI: 10.1111/jfcj.70019Digital
Klar-Chalamish, C., & Peleg-Koriat, I. (2021). From Trauma to Recovery: Restorative Justice Conferencing in Cases of Adult Survivors of Intrafamilial Sexual Offenses. Journal of Family Violence, 36(8), 1057–1068. DOI: 10.1007/s10896-020-00239-0
McElvaney, R., Alaggia, R., Collin-Vezina, D., & Simpson, M., (2024). ‘Then I met this lovely police woman’ Young people’s experiences of engagement with the criminal justice system. Child Abuse Review, 33(3), 1–10. DOI: 10.1002/car.2875
Middelton-Moz, J., Mishna, F., Martell, R., Williams, C., & Zuberi, S. (2021). Indigenous trauma and resilience: pathways to ‘bridging the river’ in social work education, Social Work Education, 1-18.
Piamenta J, Gal T. ‘They told me I was not a party in this case’: Children’s and young people’s experiences of participation and exclusion in the criminal justice process following their sexual maltreatment. Child Abuse Neglect. 2025 Apr;162(Pt 1):107078. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107078. Epub 2024 Oct 28. PMID: 39490381.
Spivack, L. P., Saini, M. (2025) Reimagining family courts: Integrating trauma-informed care for healthier legal outcomes, Juvenile & Family Court Journal. DOI: 10.1111/jfcj.70015