Homicide / Lethality Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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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.
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January 2001
A Deadly Myth: Women, Handguns, and Self-Defense
Publisher(s):Analyzing FBI data, this study reports that a woman is far more likely to be the victim of a handgun homicide than to use a handgun in a justifiable homicide.
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June 2000
Identity Change: Practical and Legal Considerations
Publisher(s):This document contains practice tips for advocates, prepared for use in Greater Boston Legal Services' Relocation Counseling Project. Includes information about name change and social security number change.
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January 2000
Lethality Assessment Tools: A Critical Analysis
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document critiques several lethality assessment tools and examines the link between these instruments and research on domestic homicide. Discusses the antecedents of lethal violence and utility of dangeousness assessment tools in promoting safety.
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January 1999
Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide: Assessment of the likelihood of domestic violence
Publisher(s):This brochure describes the Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide (SARA) and its ability to help determine the degree to which an individual poses a domestic violence threat to his/her partner, children, another family member, or another person involved.
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January 1998
Homicide at Home
Publisher(s):This document describes the Washington State Domestic Violence Fatality Review model and the rationale behind it.
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Guide to Survival for Family and Friends of Homicide Victims
Publisher(s):This resource provides an overview of the most common feelings of grief and offers tips for coping with the reactions of others, coping with holidays, and coping with the criminal justice system.
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North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Comprehensive Homicide Report 2002-2010
Publisher(s):This comprehensive report examines trends in NCCADV domestic violence homicide data from 2002-2010.
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Arizona Domestic Violence Fatality Report 2012
Publisher(s):This report examines the fatalities that occurred in Arizona from January 1 – December 31, 2012, including intimate partner homicides, homicides perpetrated by family members, suicides related to incidents of domestic violence, and perpetrators killed by law enforcement when they respond to a domestic violence call.