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Chapter 4: Family Harm Flashcards

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What are the six principles that guide police practice when dealing with FH?

Hint = EI, CA, S, CRI, Acc, WC

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  • Early Intervention
  • Culturally appropriate
  • Safety
  • Collecting risk information
  • Accountability
  • Working collaboratively
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Family Harm Principles

Describe Early intervention?

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  • EI helps stop FH

- Requires “eyes wide open” approach

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Family Harm Principles

Describe Culturally appropriate?

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  • Responses to FH should be Culturally appropriate
  • Responses involving Maori should reflect tikanga
  • Sensitive approach acknowledging the culture of those involved
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Family Harm Principles

Describe Safety?

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  • Ensuring all parties involved are safe and feel safe particularly victims
  • Children are especially vulnerable. Before leaving officer should ensure children are safe
  • Officers need to be aware FH incidents can be one of the most dangerous types they will attend. Need to secure their own safety
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Family Harm Principles

Describe Collecting risk information?

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  • collecting correct information for decision making around correct support, risk management and actions for offenders.
  • correct information allows better risk summaries to be determined
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Family Harm Principles

Describe Accountability?

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  • Holding Pred. Aggressors and offenders to account
  • Undertaking a thorough and comprehensive investigation
  • Where evidence exists of offending the laying of charges will reflect the level of offending
  • offenders will be directed to supportive interventions to change their behaviours where appropriate
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Family Harm Principles

Describe Working collaboratively?
Hint = 
Police
Partners
Info
CM
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  • Co-ordinate responses to FH through FH specialists and specialised work groups within the police
  • Be part of a multi agency table to enhance and share information
  • Provide quality info at the table to allow the best support decisions
  • Apply active case management principles and processes.
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Maori are over represented in FH statistics as victims, offenders and all other areas of vulnerabilities.

What are two historical reasons this has happened?

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  • Colonisation

- Urbanisation

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Family Violence is a subset of FH.

What are other examples of FV?

Hint = P,S,Psyc,CC

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  • Physical
  • Sexual
  • Psychological
  • Coercive or controlling causing Cumulative harm
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Under the Power and Control Wheel what are the common types of abuse suffered by battered women?

Hint = I, I, E, E, U, T

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  • Intimidation
  • Isolation
  • Emotional abuse
  • Economic Abuse
  • Using children to manipulate
  • Threats to pets or animals
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What are common impacts on children exposed to FH?

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  • Difficulty learning
  • Becoming an offender
  • Becoming a victim
  • Increased chance on MH issues
  • Suicide
  • Alcohol/Drug abuse
  • Difficulty forming attachment
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What are the 10 key process points in quality FH investigations?

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  1. Initial Response
  2. Invest. and crime scene examination
  3. Interviewing victims, witnesses and suspects
  4. Child Protection Protocol referral/ Pol350 in on duty
  5. Considering arrest
  6. Charging
  7. Bail
  8. Prosecution or case disposition
  9. Longer Term Safety and support
  10. Monitoring and evaluation
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What over arches all 10 key process points of FH investigations?

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Active case management

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What are the 6 areas of importance when attending FH incidents and building a quality FH investigation?

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  • establish context and circumstances, who’s who and undertake interviews
  • completing a dynamic assessment
  • recording a quality narrative
  • submitting and approving a FH investigation
  • providing info to other agencies
  • appropriate coding of offences
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When arrest has been preferred and decisions regarding charging are being made, what should be considered ?

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  • Evidential sufficiency
  • solicitor general’s prosecution guidelines
  • charges should reflect the nature and seriousness of the offending
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What is the primary concern when bail is considered for FH related offenders?

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Protection of the victim and other people in a family relationship with the victim

17
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If a member of police is involved in a FH incident there are two simultaneous actions that should occur, what are they?

A
  • The normal police response applies

- welfare considerations are important for both parties. Supervisor should, where appropriate refer to Welfare officer

18
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Police must carefully consider an employees suitability and ability to carry out their duties if it is found they have been involved in FH. There are 4 areas when this should be considered, what are they?

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  1. Comes to supervisors attention that an employee may be experiencing FH (either PAR or PPR). May include anecdotal evidence of this
  2. Police attend and no PSO issued but concern around continuation or escalation exists
  3. Police attend FH and is disclosed employee is offender or victim
  4. Police become aware of a TPO or FPO been issued relating to the employee (either Respondent or applicant)
19
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If a police employee is arrested in relation to FH what must occur?

A

Shift supervisor must report immediately to the Dist. Employment :Practice Manager and District Police Professional Conduct Manager

They will advise the relevant D/C on N/M

20
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If police serve a PO on another police officer what must they do?

A

Send a copy of it to the relevant D//C or N/M

21
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If a member becomes the respondent of a PO what must they do?

A

immediately report the fact to their supervisor in writing.

Supervisor will advise the HR Manager and PPCM

22
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In what four cases must police be used to serve a PO?

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  • Respondent holds a F/L
  • Respondent is believed to be in poss. of a FA
  • service is assessed as being a significant risk to the server
  • the PO is granted without notice
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Service of PO’s should be of paramount importance to ensure the safety of the applicant and victim. What 5 things will the police do to ensure that?

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  1. Robust info sharing with the courts to ensure safe service delivery practices
  2. Police will demand the surrender of any FA and F/L
  3. Staff safety is paramount when determining methods of seizure of F/A
  4. The victim will be advised when the PO has been served
  5. all breaches will be taken seriously and when evidence to prove breach offender will be arrested and charged.
24
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Who does a PO protect?

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The PO affords protection to the applicant and any child of the applicants family.

A young person aged 18yrs and older remains protected by the order until they leave home or the order is discharged

25
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At what age can a PO be issued against someone?

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An applicant can not take out a PO against a CYP unless:

  • The child is 16 years or older
  • and that the order is justified by special circ. (sec 64)
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who issues PO’s?

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PO are a civil remedy issued by the Family court.

The District court can also issue them

27
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In what circumstances can to District Court issue PO’s?

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  • If a person as failed to comply with or refused a PSO an TPO (judge must be convinced the Protected person would not object)
  • after determining a TPO to be served judge can detain the Respondent for a period not exceeding 2 hrs for service

the Dist. Court can issue a FPO when sentencing in FH related offending if satisfied it is necessary for victims protection and vic does not object

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What are the non-violence conditions of PO’s?

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  • Engage in behaviour that amounts to any form of FV against a protected person
  • Make any contact with the PP that is not authorised
  • Encourage any person to engage in behaviour against, or to make contact with a PP where the behaviour, if engaged in or made by the resp. would be prohibited by the order
29
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On the 1st July 2019 the definition of FV was widened to include what?

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  • Ill treating house pet or animal that is important to member of their family
  • Harassing behaviour such as loitering near home or work
  • Disrupting care of someone who needs it due to their:
    • Age
    • Disability
    • Health
      The definition also includes:
  • one act or several that form a pattern of behaviour even if minor or trivial
  • Coercion or controlling behaviour
  • Dowry related abuse
30
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Non-contact conditions

Can PP reinstate contact?

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Yes- they can suspend and reinstate contact due to the Respondents behaviour any number of times

31
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If the PP wants to have contact with the Respondent what must they do?

A

They must give consent in writing

32
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Can the PP withdraw contact with the Respondent? Do they have to do anything?

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Yes they can at any time and in any way. This can be dome verbally- there is no requirement for it to be in writing

33
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Can anyone else consent or withdraw consent for contact on behalf of the PP?

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Yes. The person must be specified in a special condition of the PO as the person entitled to do so.

34
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When issuing a PO what must the court direct the respondent to do?

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The court must direct the Respondent to undergo assessment for a non-violence program and attend such a program

35
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What are the conditions relating to weapons for respondents of PO’s?

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  • Must not possess any FA
  • Must not hold a F/L
  • Respondent must surrender to police any weapon in their poss. and any F/L held
    • ASAP and within 24 hrs of service
    • On demand at any time from any constable
36
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What is the status of a F/L of a respondent when subject to a PO?

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  • On making a TPO the Respondents F/L is suspended

- When order becomes Final, FL deemed to be revoked

37
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In what way must police deal with FA’s seized from a PO Respondent?

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  • Must retain any FA for the period of the FL suspension

- Must return FA to the person ASAP after suspension ceases

Insp CPK 2020 (10 decks)

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