FAMILY HARM: Family Harm Policy & Procedures Flashcards
FH Policy and Procedures.
The Domestic Violence Act 1995 has been replaced with what?
Family Violence Act 2018.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Police Policy Statement: FH is a high priority for Police and reducing the number and impact on FH episodes is a key Police Strategy. What are Police committed to?
Prompt, Effective, Nationally consistent approach to FH episodes in collaboration with other agencies/Iwi/community partners.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Principals that guide Police Practice: An effective police response to FH is based on 6 principals. List those principals. (6)
- E.I.
- Culturally appropriate.
- Safety.
- Collecting risk information.
- Accountability.
- Working collaboratively.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Principals that guide Police Practice:
Recognising early intervention helps to stop and prevent FH. What approach does this require?
An eyes wide open approach at all FH investigations.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Principals that guide Police Practice:
Response to FH involving Maori should what? (3)
- Reflect tikanga
- Sensitive approach at all FH investigations
- Acknowledging their culture AND Provides culturally appropriate solutions.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Principals that guide Police Practice:
Who must we keep safe? (3)
- Victims safety is paramount.
- Vulnerable children - attending officers must ensure they have no concerns regarding any child’s safety.
- Officers own safety.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Principals that guide Police Practice:
What does Collecting risk information enable us to do? (3)
- Effective risk assessment
- Planning Risk management to Victims
- Guide decisions around appropriate decisions for offenders.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Principals that guide Police Practice:
- When collecting risk information what do our processes include?
- What does the Total Concern For Safety contribute to?
- SAFVR measure AND Dynamic Risk Assessment at the Scene, which combined determine the Total Concern for Safety.
- A multiagency risk score.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Principals that guide Police Practice: How do we hold our predominant aggressors and offenders to account? (2)
- Through quality FH investigation.
- If evidence of criminal offending exists, file a charge reflecting nature of the offending in accordance with Solicitor General’s Prosecution Guidelines.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Principals that guide Police Practice:
List 4 key things Police must do when working collaboratively?
- Coordinate responses to FH through FV Coordinator across internal workgroups (FHT, CPT, ASA, Youth Aid, Youth Ed, CIB, Iwi/Pacific and Ethnic Liaison Officers, frontline)
- Be part of a coordinated collaborative multi-agency table response to enhance information sharing/meet the multiple and varied needs of family.
- Provide quality information to multi agencies.
- Apply Active case management principals/processes.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Characteristics of FH:
The harm generated within families is caused by multiple factors that tend to exist against a backdrop of adverse circumstances (risk factors). List the adverse circumstances (risk factors). (3)
1. Vulnerabilities: -
- Lack of life skills
- Lack of parenting skills
- Lack of adequate social networks
- Lack of education
- Health issues
2. Compounding factors: -
- Unemployment
- Deprivation/poverty
- Inadequate housing
- Negative cultural attitudes
3. Negative behaviours: -
- Family Violence
- Child abuse and neglect
- Sexual violence
- Alcohol and drug abuse
FH Policy and Procedures.
Characteristics of FH:
There are wide-reaching consequences from FH. List the long-term negative outcomes as a result of adverse circumstances (Vulnerabilities, compounding factors and negative behaviours) (6)
Long-term negative outcomes: -
- Adverse social/economic outcomes
- Dysfunctional families
- Criminality
- Adverse health outcomes
- Mental health issues
- Adverse educational outcomes.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Characteristics of FH:
Maori are grossly overestimated in FH stats (offending and Victimisation) across all areas of the vulnerabilities, compounding factors and negative behaviours. This in part stems from what?
Historical trauma suffered by Maori through: -
Colonisation
Urbanisation.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Characteristics of FH:
What is FV the subset of?
Family Harm.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Characteristics of FH:
What does FV include? (3)
- Physical,
- Sexual OR
- Psychological abuse within domestic relationships.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Characteristics of FH:
Behaviour that is coercive and controlling causes what?
Cumulative Harm.
NB: Can be a single episode or a number of episodes forming a pattern of behaviour or series of events.
FH Policy and Procedures.
Characteristics of FH:
What model is used to understand coercion and control in family violence and what does this model highlight?
- The Duluth power and control wheel.
- Highlights: - Tactics of abuse most universally experienced by battered women.