Victim Services / Family Violence Prevention Unit

Victim Services and Family Violence Prevention unit offers support services and professional help to victims of crime and abuse.

• Internet warning! Hide your tracks

• Need immediate help? - People and agencies that can help

• Information about abuse

• What do you do if you are abused?

• Once you've left, then what?

• Declaration of your rights

• Options, Choices, Changes - A booklet for women in abusive relationships, produced by the Women's Directorate ( 253 KB)

• Contacts around the Yukon that can help

  While the Victim Services Unit does not have an office in each community, there are a variety of services and places to go for help throughout the Yukon.

• Victim Impact Statement Guide ( 10 KB)

  This step-by-step brochure guides you in filling out a Victim Impact Statement Form. This is your opportunity to ensure the court aware of the effect a crime of abuse has caused.

• Is a friend of yours being hit by someone she loves?

  Most of us want to help but sometimes we don't know what to say or do. Here are some things a caring friend can do...

• Family Violence Prevention Act Information (  57 KB)

  Family violence is any action, or threat of action, that causes bodily harm or damage to property. It also includes sexual abuse, forced confinement and depriving a person of food, clothing, medical attention, shelter and other necessities of life.

• Offender Programs

  The Victim Services / Family Violence Unit offers treatment programs to help manage an offender's risk. Included are the Spousal Abuse Program and the Sexual Offender Risk Management Program.

• Wheel of Physical and Sexual Violence - produced by the Duluth Intervention Project ( 34 KB)

  Most physical and sexual violence evolves around power and control. Learn to identify the signs of abuse and get the help to free yourself from the cycle.

• Wheel of Equality - produced by the Duluth Intervention Project ( 27 KB)

Contact Us:

Whitehorse
Victim Services and Family Violence Prevention Unit, J-7
Department of Justice
Government of Yukon
301 Jarvis St.
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada Y1A 2C6

Phone: (867) 667-8500
Toll free (In Yukon): 1-800-661-0408, local 8500
Fax: (867) 393-6240

Dawson City
Victim Services
Department of Justice
Government of Yukon
P.O. Box 1312
Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0

Phone: (867) 993-5831
Fax: (867) 993-6380

Watson Lake
Victim Services
Department of Justice
Government of Yukon
P.O. Box 622
Watson Lake, Yukon Y0A 1C0

Phone: (867) 536-2541
Fax: (867) 536-7425