The Effectiveness of a Coordinated Response Toward Nonfatal Strangulation in Facilitating Evidence-Based Prosecution

2021 ◽  
pp. 088740342110019
Author(s):  
Amy Reckdenwald ◽  
Chelsea L. Mandes ◽  
Ketty Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Medical Evidence ◽  
Law Enforcement Training ◽  
Violent Offense ◽  
Medical Examinations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Preliminary Support

Many states’ laws now classify nonfatal strangulation as part of domestic violence as a felony offense, but prosecution of offenders remains challenging due to the nature of this type of violent offense. This study evaluates a coordinated effort designed to improve one county’s response to nonfatal strangulation. The impact of law enforcement training and specialized forensic medical examinations on facilitating evidence-based prosecution of nonfatal strangulation offenders is examined. Preliminary support is found for the effectiveness of the coordinated effort, highlighting the importance of comprehensive law enforcement training and detailed medical evidence in facilitating evidence-based prosecution.

Assessing the Impact of a Focused Deterrence Strategy to Combat Intimate Partner Domestic Violence

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy M. Sechrist ◽  
John D. Weil
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Recidivism Rate ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Focused Deterrence ◽  
Resolving System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

The Offender Focused Domestic Violence Initiative (OFDVI) represents for the first time anywhere the application of the evidence-based focused deterrence policing approach to combat intimate partner domestic violence (IPDV). Through holding offenders accountable, the strategy has resulted in 20% reductions each in IPDV-related calls for police service and arrests. Victim injuries have been significantly reduced and the 1-year IPDV offender recidivism rate is about 16-17%. The backbone of the OFDVI strategy is the multidisciplinary collaboration of law enforcement and community partners which has resulted in identification and resolving system issues which have historically allowed offenders to repeat IPDV without consequence.

Prosecutorial Response to Nonfatal Strangulation in Domestic Violence Cases

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-175
Author(s):  
Amy Reckdenwald ◽  
Donna J. King ◽  
Adam Pritchard
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Insufficient Evidence ◽  
Law Enforcement Training ◽  
Legal Response

Recent research has pointed to the need for systematic law enforcement training on domestic violence when nonfatal strangulation is involved to improve evidence-based prosecution of these potentially deadly assaults; however, virtually no research has examined the legal response to nonfatal strangulation since many states have made it a separate criminal felony. The current exploratory study examines filing, charging, and adjudication decisions of nonfatal strangulation cases over a 3-year period based on evidence documentation in law enforcement reports to explore how these cases are handled by the criminal justice system in Brevard County, Florida. Results support previous research showing the importance of training police officers and other personnel as insufficient evidence may be one possible factor limiting the prosecutors' ability to successfully prosecute domestic violence strangulation offenders to the highest extent available under the law. Implications spread across multiple disciplines.

Identification of Nonfatal Strangulation by 911 Dispatchers: Suggestions for Advances Toward Evidence-Based Prosecution

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 506-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Reckdenwald ◽  
Chelsea Nordham ◽  
Adam Pritchard ◽  
Brielle Francis
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
First Person ◽  
Initial Screening ◽  
Law Enforcement Training

Research highlights the need for systematic law enforcement training on nonfatal strangulation in domestic violence situations to improve evidence-based prosecution of these violent felonies. However, most of this research focuses on the role of police officers in the safety response. Although often overlooked, this research examines the role of 911 dispatchers, who are many times the first person the victim calls for assistance. This study examines official domestic violence records, gathered through a partnership with a County Sheriff’s agency, to determine whether domestic violence strangulation is being adequately identified and documented by first responders. This research highlights the need for considering 911 dispatchers as having a potentially critical role in a comprehensive response to domestic violence strangulation from initial screening to eventual prosecution.

Improving law enforcement’s response to non-fatal strangulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 1007-1021
Author(s):  
Amy Reckdenwald ◽  
Ketty Fernandez ◽  
Chelsea L. Mandes
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Specific Training ◽  
Law Enforcement Training ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Effectiveness Of Training ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Florida County

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a coordinated effort to improve the law enforcement response to non-fatal strangulation in the context of domestic violence. Design/methodology/approach The authors compare law enforcement identification and documentation of strangulation in domestic violence cases before and after the implementation of a strangulation-specific training program in one Central Florida County. Findings The results indicate preliminary support for the effectiveness of training law enforcement, suggesting that the response to strangulation can be improved with comprehensive law enforcement training. Practical implications An improved response by law enforcement may have the potential to increase offender accountability of non-fatal strangulation – a potentially deadly assault. Originality/value The study is the first to evaluate strangulation-specific training efforts of law enforcement. Results point to opportunities that can be taken to improve law enforcement’s response to non-fatal strangulation in domestic violence.

Towards Evidence-Based Guidelines in Neurological Surgery

Neurosurgery ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 85 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher D Shank ◽  
Jacob R Lepard ◽  
Beverly C Walters ◽  
Mark N Hadley
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Practice Guidelines ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Medical Evidence ◽  
Guidelines Development ◽  
Neurological Surgery ◽  
The Impact

AbstractNeurological surgery practice is based on the science of balancing probabilities. A variety of clinical guidance documents have influenced how we collectively practice our art since the early 20th century. The quality of the science within these guidelines varies widely, as does their utility in positively shaping our practice.The guidelines development process in neurological surgery has evolved significantly over the last 30 yr. Historically based in expert opinion, as a specialty we have increasingly relied on objective medical evidence to guide our clinical practice. We assessed the changing practice guidelines development process and the impact of scientifically robust guidelines on patient care.The evolution of the guidelines development process in neurological surgery was chronicled. Several subspecialty guidelines were extracted and reviewed in detail. Their impact on practice patterns was evaluated. The importance of evidence-based research and practice guidelines development was discussed.Evidence-based practice guidelines serve to chronicle multiple acceptable treatment options and help us move towards more standardized care for specific disease processes. They help refute false “standards of care.” Guidelines-based care supported by solid medical evidence has the potential to streamline patient care and improve patient outcomes. The guidelines development process identifies areas, issues, and strategies for which little medical evidence exists, as well as topics that need focused scientific investigation and future study.The production of evidence-based practice recommendations is a vital part of furthering our specialty. Guidelines development advances our science, augments the resident education process, and protects our practice from undue external influence.

scholarly journals Domestic violence: Evidence-based policies before and during the pandemic in Greece

Temida ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Artinopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Critical Aspects

Domestic violence and gender-based violence has been studied and recognised for many years in Greece. Adequate legislation on the criminalization of domestic violence has been implemented since 2006 (Law 3500/2006 on the Confrontation of Domestic Violence). A network of support services has also operated across the country for many years, staffed with professionals trained in the gender-sensitive perspective. However, Greece still faces the impact of the economic crisis that started in 2010 and the critical aspects of the crisis from the reduction of the public budget imposed by the European institutions in the lives of the individuals, the victims and the providers of the social services have not been fully assessed yet. The COVID-19 pandemic created problems in the victims? access to social services and not only. The shadow pandemic describes the alarm on the increase of domestic violence during the pandemic and the isolation of the victims from the providers of social and psychological support. Addressing both the issue of domestic violence through a victim-centered approach before and during the pandemic in Greece and the need for the implementation of evidence-based policies are the general aims of the paper. To this, we present few findings from an original victimological online research on domestic violence during the first lockdown in the country (March to May 2020) and we justify the need for the implementation of evidence-based policies in the criminal justice system in Greece.

Improving Identification of Strangulation Injuries in Domestic Violence: Pilot Data From a Researcher–Practitioner Collaboration

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Pritchard ◽  
Amy Reckdenwald ◽  
Chelsea Nordham ◽  
Jessie Holton
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Law Enforcement Training ◽  
Domestic Assault ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
Police Reports ◽  
Official Police

Efforts to partner researchers and practitioners have the potential to significantly improve both research and response to non-fatal strangulation within the context of domestic violence. Non-fatal strangulation is far more common than most formal data suggest and is a highly gendered form of domestic assault often used to control or intimidate a partner; however, depending on how the assault takes place, it can leave little obvious physical evidence to an untrained investigator. The present study estimates the occurrence of strangulation cases and possible strangulation cases that may not be explicitly classified as such in official police reports due to inadequacies in law enforcement training. We offer a description of these types of cases as they compare with domestic violence police reports from non-strangulation cases. Results highlight the gendered nature of strangulation as well as the importance of practitioners and researchers critically reflecting on issues within the criminal justice system in an effort to redress inadequacies, hold offenders accountable, and save lives.

scholarly journals Contemporary Malaysian Families: Evidence-Based Interventions

ICR Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-199
Author(s):  
Aminah Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Young People ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Family Dysfunction ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
The Impact

Malaysian families today are facing numerous challenges related to changing family values and structures, pressures of complex family responsibilities and inadequate support systems. Some of these key challenges include increase in divorce, family dysfunction, child abuse, abandoned babies, domestic violence, drug addiction, HIV/AIDS and family related matters such as family economic instability. At the same time, the impact of globalisation has led to new values being accepted by the young people. Indeed, the challenges that Malaysian families will be facing in the future will be tremendous.  

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