Welcome to the Kamloops Sexual Assault

Counselling Centre

The Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre provides Individual Adult Counselling, Child and Youth Counselling, Psycho-Educational Groups, Ego-Strengthening Groups for Girls and Boys, Community Based Victim Services, Education and Prevention programs, and the Silent Witness Project.

Office hours are: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Phone Number:  250-372-0179 / Fax Number: 250-372-2107

MISSION STATEMENT

The Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre is committed to providing effective, efficient, and onfidential support services to all persons who have experienced sexual violence, battering, or criminal  harassment. These services are provided to clients and their significant others in a manner which respects individual rights, safety and human dignity regardless of economic status, gender, age, race, political or spiritual beliefs, cultural or ethnic origins, physical or mental ability, or sexual orientation.  The Centre is dedicated to promoting the safety and     social well-being of our community through the creation of services and actions that address social, historical,  political, psychological, and cultural oppression and violence.

Facts:

1. In 2006, over 38,000 incidents of spousal violence were reported to police across Canada.  This represents approximately 15% of all police-reported violent incidents.
2. Females continue to be the most likely victims of police-reported spousal violence, accounting for 83% of victms compared to 17% males.  This holds true for every province and territory across Canada.
3. Male victims of spousal abuse were nearly twice as likely as female victims to report incidents of major assault (23% of male victims vs. 13% of female victims).  One possible explanation may be that while male spousal abusers are more likely touse physical force, female abusers tend to rely on weapons.
4. Charges were laid by police in three-quarters (77%) of all police-reported incidents of spousal violence in 2006.  Incidents involving female victims were more likely to result in a charge being laid than those involving male victims. The percentage of spousal violence incidents that have resulted in police charging has remained fairly stable over the 9-year period from 1998 to 2006.  Police charging for spousal abuse was highest in Manitoba (92%) and Ontario (90%), and lowest in Newfoundland and Labrador (56%) and New Bruinswick (57%).
5. Police-reported data in 2006 indicated that children and youth under 18 years of age are most likely to be physically or sexually assaulted by someone they know.
6. For every 100,000 young persons, 334 were victims of physical or sexual violence by a friend or an acquaintance, 187 experienced violence by a family member, and 101 were victimized by a stranger.
7. When children and youth are victims of family violence, parents are the most commonly identified perprators.  In 2006, 107 per 100,000 children and youth were physically or sexually assaulted by a parent.
8. Boys were more likely than girls to sustain physical injuries resulting from family violence (46% compared to 35%).
9. The rate of police-reported family violence against seniors was 43 incidents for every 100,000 persons aged 65 years and over.  While the overall rates of violence against seniors were higher for senior men (150 vs. 103 for senior women), rates fo family violence were higher for senior women (47 vs. 37 per 100,000).
10. Senior victims of family violence were most likely to report being victimized by an adult child (14 per 100,000) or current or former spouse (13 per 100,000).
11. According to the Homicide survey, spousal homicides represented 17$ of all solved homicides in Canada, and nearly half (47%) of all family homicides in 2006.
12. Over the past decade (1997 to 2006), the largest proportion of spousal homicides involved victims living in common-law relationships (39%).  Another one-third (36%) of spousal homicides occurred between married persons, followed by those who were separated (23%) or divorced (2%).
13. Spousal homicide rates were highest for young adults.  Between 1997 to 2006, young women (aged 15 to 24) were killed at a rate that was nearly 3 times higher than for all female victims of spousal homicide.  Similarly, the rate of young males (aged 15 to 24) killed by their spouse was more than 4 times that of al male spouses.
14. Over the past decade (1997 to 2006), the rate of firearm-related spousal homicides decreased by nearly 50%.
15. Six in 10 homicides against children and youth were committed by family members in 2006.
16. Over the past three decaded (1977 to 2006), the majority of family perpetrated homicides against children under 18 years of age were committed by a parent (90%).  Fathers are more likely than mothers to be the perpretrators.
17. Senior female victims by a family member were most likely to be killed by their spouse (40%) or adult son (34%).  Senior male homicide victims were most likely to be killed by their adult son or step-son (61%).

Family Violence in Canada:  A Statistical Profile: Highlights

You do not have to suffer alone from the effects of violence.  We are here to help.

Phone 250-372-0179 to make an appointment to see a counsellor.

Our services are free of cost and are available to anyone regardless of race, special needs, or sexual orientation.

WE GUARANTEE STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY.

Our agency is a non-profit society.  Funding for many of our programs is provided by:

Ministry of Children and Family Development