Domestic Violence Flashcards
Why did policing move from non-intervention to pro-arrest? (3)
- Woman’s Liberation Movement
- Court Cases
- Criminological Research
What are the 3 components to the British approach?
- IDVAs
- MARACs
- SDVCs
Risk is central to the British approach. What is the 3 stage process? Who was it developed by?
- Risk Identification
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Management
What are the aims of police risk assessment? (4)
- Identify high risk victims
- Gather evidence consistently
- Enable information sharing
- Structure police discretion
What are the key risk factors of DV? (5)
- Perp exhibiting jealous/ controlling behaviour
- Stalking, significant injuries
- Relationship separation
- Perp has prior criminal record
- Victim’s perceptions (afraid of further injury/violence, being killed, afraid for children, very frightened)
What is secondary victimisation
Victim-blaming attitudes, behaviours, practices which result in further trauma. (Experience of court/ policing)
What are the changes in legislation (2012)?
- Includes victims from the age of 16
2. Includes ‘coercive’ controlling behaviour
What are the aims of a MARAC? (6)
- Share information to increase the safety of victims
- Determine whether the alleged perp poses a risk
- Jointly implement a risk-management plan
- Reduce repeat victimisation
- Improve agency accountability
- Improve support for staff involved in high risk cases
What was the MDVE
Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment
What did the MDVE do?
It evaluated the effectiveness of the police response to DV by randomly allocating 1/3 offenders for arrest, 1/3 for separation and 1/3 for mediation
What were the findings for the MDVE?
There was a great deterrent effect for arrest, and this led to numerous states enacting policies for mandatory arrest.
