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Donald G. Dutton
Education:
B.A. (President's List; Magna cum Laude) University of Toronto 1966 (Psychology)
Ph.D. University of Toronto 1970 (Experimental Social Psychology)
Current Status:
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4
Adjunct Professor,
Department of Psychology,
Simon
Fraser University
Memberships in Professional Societies:
 | American Psychological Association |
 | Society for Experimental Social Psychology |
 | Canadian Psychological Association |
 | American Society of Criminology |
 | Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues |
 | Psychology and Law - Division 41 of APA |
 | International Society for Research on Aggression. |
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International Society for Law and Mental Health |
 | College of Psychologists, British Columbia (Registered Psychologist) |
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International Family Violence Society |
Awards:
 | Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize Society for the
Psychological Study of Social Issues. Honorable mention 1978 for "Tokenism, Reverse
Discrimination, and Egalitarianism in Interracial Behaviour". |
 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Sabbatical
Leave Fellowships, 1973-74, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1990-91. |
 | Donald K. Sampson Memorial Award, by B.C. Psychological Association
for "outstanding contributions to the field of Teaching and Education in
Psychology". October, 1983. |
 | Muriel McQueen Ferguson Foundation. Lifetime Achievement Award for
work on Family Violence, Fredericton, N.B. June 1997. |
 | Other: executive director: America on Violence, San Diego, California. 1999
President, West Coast Social and Behavioral Research Enterprises, Vancouver, B.C., 1974 -
Present. |
Other:
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Executive
Director: America on Violence, San Diego, California. 1999 – 2002.
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President, West Coast
Social and Behavioral Research Enterprises, Vancouver, B.C. 1974 – present. |
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Research Fellow,
Psychology and Law Institute, Simon Fraser University. |
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Judicial Council of California, Advisory Board. 2005-2007 |
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Scientific Advisory Board -
Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting (RADAR) |
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National Family Violence Legislative
Resource Board - Advisory Board |
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Panel of Experts - Worldwide
Alternatives to Violence (U.K.) |
Professional Service and
Consultancies:
Community
Consultancies/Organizational Work
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Navaho Nation
Winslow Arizona April
1999. Revision of community response to domestic violence. |
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Federated States of Micronesia: Development of a
police response to domestic violence.
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Research Contracts:
President of West Coast Social and Behavioral Research
Enterprises since its incorporation in 1974. West Coast S.A.B.R.E. has contracted for
research and training services with the Ministry of the Attorney General (B.C.), the
Solicitor General of Canada, the Ministry of the Secretary of State, the R.C.M.P., and the
Justice Institute of B.C. Research teams are formed on an ad hoc basis to best meet the
demands of each project. Some of the contracted research includes:
- Assessment and therapy with contestants in
“Reality TV” show called No Boundaries, 2001
- Recidivism Risk Assessment of Incarcerated Batterers: Los
Angeles County Probation Services, 1998.
- Development of an Internet Psychology Course for the Open
learning Agency. 1997
- A study of the incidence and causative role of alcohol in wife
assault (Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Labour and Consumer Services, Alcohol
and Drug Programs, 1993).
- Corroborative studies on the Propensity for Abusiveness Scale
(Solicitor General of Canada, 1994
- Testing the co-presence of childhood trauma and Borderline Personality Organization in a
population of court-mandated wife assaulters (Solicitor General of Canada, 1992-1994).
- Assessment of family violence potential in federal offenders (Correctional Services of
Canada, 1992-1993).
- Public expectations and satisfaction with police services (Solicitor General of Canada,
1984).
- The inter-racial climate of ten Canadian cities (Secretary of State, Multiculturalism,
1982).
- The criminal justice system response to wife assault (Solicitor General of Canada,
1981).
- A longitudinal study of police attitudes and values and their relationship to behaviour
(Solicitor General of Canada, 1979).
- Issues in the development of police human relations curricula (Attorney General of B.C.,
1974).
- A study of the incidence and causative role of alcohol in wife assault (Province of
British Columbia, Ministry of Labour and Consumer Services, Alcohol and Drug Programs,
1993).
- Corroborative studies on the Propensity for Abusiveness Scale (Solicitor General of
Canada, 1994).
Assistant Editor: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 1974 -1976.
Reviewer:
 | American Medical Association, 1993 |
 | National Research Council (U.S.) |
 | National Institute of Mental Health grant
Review Committee (U.S. 2004-2005) |
 | Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1978 to
present. |
 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1978 to present. |
 | Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1974 to present. |
 | Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 1972 to present. |
 | Medical Research Council of Canada, 1986. |
 | National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.), 1985.to present. |
 | Journal of Family Violence, 1988-present |
 | Violence and Victims 1988-present |
 | Journal of Interpersonal Aggression, 1988-present |
 | Journal of Family Psychology 1997 - present |
 | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1999-present |
 | Law and Human Behavior 1999-present |
 | Journal of Personality Disorders
2001-present |
 | Psychology of Women Quarterly 2004 |
 | Psychological Bulletin 2004-present |
 | American Psychologist 2005
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Editorial Boards
Violence & Victims
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Journal of Family Violence
Trauma, Abuse and Violence: A Journal of Reviews
Adjudicator: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Graduate Fellowships Adjudication Committee, 1980.
- Research Grants Adjudication Committee, 1983-85,
2006-08
- National Institute of Mental Health 2004
Clinical/Therapeutic Training
 | 1978 Cold Mountain Institute Group Therapy Internship |
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1998 Psychopathy:
Assessment Workshop, Robert Hare, Steve Hart, Vancouver, B.C.
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2000 Specialized
Training Services, Irvine, CA. Personality Disorders Training Workshop.
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2000
Marriage and Family Health Center, Newport CA., Integrating Sexual
and Marital Therapy, Dr. David Snartch. |
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy for BPD Dr. Marsha Linehan, Seattle, WA |
 | 2005 Attachment and
neural development. Dr. Alan Schore, Torrance, CA |
Therapeutic Experience:
 | 1979 - 1995 Therapist and Co-Director of the Assaultive Husbands
Programme (court-mandated treatment for men convicted of wife assault.) |
 | 1984 - present Private
Practice |
 | 2003 – present Psychologist: RCMP |
Police Training:
Developed and
delivered police domestic dispute intervention training . B.C. Police College
(1975- 1979).
Community Consultancies
Organizational Work:
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United States Army: Family Advocacy
Branch, Personality disorders in male and femal abuse perpetrators, San
Antonio, Texas, March 2007 |
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Judicial Council of California., Research Advisory Committee, 2005. |
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2006, October 19: The 21st
Century and Domestic Violence: A World Perspective (see
Workshops for Poster) |
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Japanese Ministry of Health/ Gender Equality Development of a Comprehensive
Domestic Violence Response, UBC, Vancouver, ( Dec. 2003) . |
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Navaho Nation Winslow Arizona (April,
1999). Revision of community response to domestic violence. |
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Federated States of
Micronesia: Development of a police response to domestic violence, US
Ambassador Dianne Watson, Los Angeles, CA.. |
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International Panel of Experts, WAVE, U.K. |
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