Katreena Scott, PhD

Katreena Scott

Katreena Scott, PhD, C. Psych, holds the Canada Research Chair in Family Violence Prevention and Intervention at the University of Toronto. She is internationally known for her research on empirically and ethically sound policies and practices for intervening with men who have used violence against their partners and/or children.

Dr. Scott has authored over 40 articles and book chapters on the development of violent relationships, the efficacy of service to male batterers, the effect of abuse and trauma on children, and on empirically and ethically sound policies for working with abuse perpetrators.

The Caring Dads program that she developed (www.caringdads.org), is currently running in many sites across Canada, as well as in the US, UK, Ireland, Wales, Germany, Australia and Sweden.

Contact: katreena.scott@utoronto.ca