January 21, 2025 – 3rd edition of the guide Your journey through the criminal justice system

The AQPV is proud to announce this new publication in the Crime Victims’ Rights and Recourse Series.

Designed to meet the information needs of victims, to help them better understand their role in the criminal justice system and assert their rights and remedies;

Allows you to navigate through the various stages of the judicial process, from the call to the police to the execution of the sentence;

It’s a valuable tool for anyone working in any way with victims and their families;

250 questions and answers and over 100 practical tips and information boxes.

To order the guide, available in print and digital format (PDF)

Are you a member of AQPV? Remember to use your promo code to benefit from a 15% discount on our publications.

We would like to acknowledge the excellent work of our colleagues Sylvie Gravel in coordinating and writing the complete revision of this guide, and Katia Leroux and Lise Poupart for their invaluable editorial collaboration.

We also want to express our gratitude to Me Annouck Balzer and Me Julie Pelletier from DPCP for their special contributions, and to all the people from various organizations who kindly agreed to validate certain sections of the guide, Le Collectif juridique du Mile End / The Mile End Legal Collectivethe Parole Board of Canada, the Commission québécoise des libérations conditionnelles, the Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québecthe Québec reimbursement program for relatives of persons who died as a result of a criminal act, The Network of Centers for Victims of CrimeDesignated Centre Advisory Service, Correctional Service Canada and Services correctionnels du Québec.