Homicide / Lethality Content Topic Results
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July 2005
Model Law Enforcement Policy: Serving and Enforcing Protection Orders & Seizing Firearms in Domestic Violence Cases
Publisher(s):The purpose of the Model Law Enforcement Policy is to provide policies and standard operating procedures for four specific areas that may be encountered by a law enforcement agency.
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March 2005
Suggested Guidelines for Advocates Participating in Domestic Violence Fatality Reviews
Publisher(s):This document provides several basic guidelines for advocate participation in fatality reviews.
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January 2005
Lethality Assessment Program Maryland Model For First Responders: Learning to read the danger signs
Publisher(s):The LAP is a two-pronged intervention process that features a research-based lethality screening tool and an accompanying protocol referral that provides direction for officers to initiate appropriate action based on the results of the screening process.
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- Training Tools
January 2005
Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams: A Replication Manual
Publisher(s):This manual emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary Elder Abuse Fatality Review Team (EA-FRT), discusses various issues and challenges that EA-FRT may face, and presents suggestions for addressing these challenges.
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July 2004
Coping after a homicide: A guide for family & friends
Publisher(s):This handbook is intended to assist family and friends of homicide victims in their grieving process and to explain what lies ahead with respect to the criminal case.
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June 2004
Advocates and Fatality Reviews
Publisher(s):This document describes the “System Analysis” approach. “This approach avoids blaming individuals and instead focuses on the analysis of systems and institutions with the goal of creating lasting changes.”
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January 2004
Danger Assessment
Publisher(s):The Danger Assessment (DA) was originally developed by Co-Investigator Campbell (1986) with consultation and content validity support from battered women, shelter workers, law enforcement officials, and other clinical experts on battering.
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November 2003
How Can Practitioners Help an Abused Woman Lower Her Risk of Death?
Publisher(s):This article presents key findings from the Chicago Women’s Health Study about domestic violence, its effects, and women’s responses to violence.
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November 2003
Assessing Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide
Publisher(s):The findings reported here indicate that the Danger Assessment tool can assist in assessing battered women who may be at risk of being killed as well as those who are not.
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November 2003
Reviewing Domestic Violence Deaths
Publisher(s):This documents provides an overview of fatality review, highlighting how this tool may help reduce intimate partner homicide.
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January 2003
Intimate Partner Homicide
Publisher(s):This issue of the NIJ Journal focuses on the topic of intimate partner homicide.
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June 2002
Firearms and Domestic Violence: A Primer for Judges
Publisher(s):This article provides an overview of related research, judicial response, applicable laws, and effective judicial practice in response to the deadly combination of firearms and domestic violence.