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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Policy Violence Against Women
Risking Our Lives: Intimate Partner Homicide in Ireland
Intimate partner homicide (IPH), the murder of a person by their (ex) partner, is an under-explored issue. Globally, the majority of victims of IPH are women, and perpetrators men; with IPH the leading cause of violent death for women (UN, 2006). New approaches to addressing IPH in the US and
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Research Violence Against Women
ACPO Risk Assessment Evaluation
Risk assessment has become an increasingly significant aspect of police work in relation to domestic violence. The London Metropolitan Police developed a risk assessment process, as the result of findings from a project on Domestic Violence Murder Reviews for London in 2003. This risk assessment has been implemented in a
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Criminal Justice System Legislation Policy Statistics Violence Against Women
Updating the British Council Briefing Document on Violence against Women
This project involves updating the Briefing Document on violence against women, originally written by Liz Kelly and published in 1999. This involved taking into account new developments, international and national policy and legislation, and changes in practice. See Resources: Violence against Women: A briefing document on international
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Criminal Justice System Legislation Rape Research
The Workings of Section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act
The aim of this project is to examine the impact of s.41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (YJCEA) 1999 on the prosecution of sex offence cases. Whilst it is intended to explore the question of whether s.41 has affected attrition rates, the main focus of this study
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Children Criminal Justice System Policy Research Violence Against Women
Investigative study of policy responses to violence against women in Canada
Canada was at the forefront of policy development in this field during the 1990s. The study made comparative analysis of current policy and practice in the UK and Canada is provided with regard to the following: UK and Canadian approaches to violence against women, and the activist movement; multi-agency and
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Criminal Justice System Europe Rape Support Projects
Rape: The Forgotten Issue? A European Research and Networking Project
The original idea for this project emerged from an international workshop on rape and was developed by three UK groups (CWASU, South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre and Campaign to End Rape), supported by partners from Ireland (The Network of Rape Crisis Centres, Ireland) and Finland (Rape Crisis Centre,
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Criminal Justice System Training Violence Against Women
Manual for European police forces on policing violence against women
The Council of Europe commissioned the work for The VIP Guide: Vision, Innovation and Professionalism in Policing Violence Against Women and Children. The title of this document refers to three aspects of police work that can transform responses to violence against women: Vision, Innovation and Professionalism. The
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Criminal Justice System Policy Rape Research Statistics
Understanding of Attrition, Decreasing Early Withdrawals and Developing Best Practice for Reporting Rape
This project, undertaken in conjunction with St Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre, combines new crime analysis and an evaluation of the implementation of two linked interventions. The crime analysis of St Mary’s database involves identifying patterns with respect to the profile of and relationship (if any) between victims and perpetrators;
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Evaluation
Evaluation of Domestic Violence Matters (A Development Project)
This report documents the multi-methodological evaluation of ‘Domestic Violence Matters’ (DVM), an adaptation of a Canadian project – the Family Consultancy Service (London, Ontario) – which involves locating a team of skilled civilian crisis interveners within the police service to follow up police responses to domestic violence. This experimental pilot
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Criminal Justice System Domestic Violence Support Projects
Exploratory Study of Council Policy and Practice and Local Support Services in the Area of Domestic Violence within Hammersmith and Fulham
This is the report of an eight-month study of the services available to women who experience domestic violence in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. By way of a literature review, and questionnaires and interviews completed by workers in both the statutory and voluntary sectors and women who have experienced