Homicide / Lethality Content Topic Results
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January 2006
The Family Violence Risk Assessment Project and its Domestic Violence Screening Instrument (DVSI-R)
Publisher(s):This Sanctions Update focuses on the DVSI-R: what it is, how it is used in the courts, how it benefits system players and victims, and what the next steps are for refining it even further.
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- General Material
December 2005
Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment Validation Study: The RAVE Study - Summary and Recommendations: Validation of Tools for Assessing Risk from Violent Intimate Partners
Publisher(s):The central purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of several different approaches to predicting risk of future harm or lethality in domestic violence cases.
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- General Material
October 2005
Occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among women
Publisher(s):Findings indicate that homicide was the leading source of fatal workplace injuries for women, and that female murder victims were much more likely to have been killed by a family member than were male victims.
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- General Material
October 2005
Murder at Home: An Examination of Legal and Community Responses to Intimate Femicide in California
Publisher(s):This report is a comprehensive assessment of how different systems work together, and separately, to address domestic violence and domestic violence murder in California.
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- General Material
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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- General Material
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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- General Material
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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- General Material
- 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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- General Material
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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- General Material
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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- General Material
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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- General Material
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.









