An Examination of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP): Perspectives on Implementation, Help-Seeking, and Victim Empowerment

Richards, Tara N.; Gillespie, Lane Kirkland; Kafonek, Katherine; Johnson, Margaret E.

doi:10.1177/1077801219880965

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“…This study focused only on police response to DV, but clearly, there are multiple systems and agencies that may be assessing risk such as social service, mental health, corrections, and violence against women shelters. The study did not track the response of other service providers and the coordination of risk assessment strategies which needs to be a topic for future research as well as the role of police in linking victims to other service providers (Richards et al, 2019).…”

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The Police Role in Domestic Homicide Prevention: Lessons From a Domestic Violence Death Review Committee

Saxton

Jaffe

Olszowy

2020

J Interpers Violence

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This study examined the role of police in domestic homicide cases reviewed by a multidisciplinary death review committee in Ontario, Canada. Examining the 219 domestic homicide case summaries, this study explored the difference between homicides with, and without, prior police contact. Results indicated that police contacted cases had 63% more risk factors present compared with cases without prior police contact, with 80% of police-involved cases having 10 or more risk factors. Police cases had unique risk factors present including a failure to comply with authority, access to victims after risk assessments, prior threats to kill victims (including with a weapon), history of domestic violence (DV), extreme minimization of DV, addiction concerns, and an escalation of violence. Cases involving child homicide have unique child-specific risk factors such as custody disputes, threats to children, and abuse during pregnancy. Overall, there was a lack of formal risk assessments conducted. Implications are discussed in terms of police intervention being a critical opportunity for risk assessment, safety planning, and risk management. Although there is no certainty in predicting that lives would have been saved, the level of risk presented calls for enhanced efforts at assessment and intervention for adult victims and their children.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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The Police Role in Domestic Homicide Prevention: Lessons From a Domestic Violence Death Review Committee

Saxton

Jaffe

Olszowy

2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…The first study was published in 1986 in the United States (Campbell, 1986 ), and it has continued similarly in subsequent years. Twenty-seven studies were located in the United States to date, in each of the following years: Campbell ( 1986 ), McFarlane et al ( 1998 ), Glass et al ( 2008 ), Campbell et al ( 2009 ); Glass et al ( 2009 ); Snider et al ( 2009 ), Glass et al ( 2010 ), Messing et al ( 2013 ), Bianchi et al ( 2014 ); Messing et al ( 2014 ), Messing et al ( 2015a , b ), Messing and Campbell ( 2016 ); Messing et al ( 2016 ), Brignone and Gomez ( 2017 ); Grant and Cross-Denny ( 2017 ); Messing et al ( 2017 ), Dutton et al ( 2018 ); Ward-Lasher et al ( 2018 ), Dutton et al ( 2019 ); Richards et al ( 2019 ); Sabri et al ( 2019 ), Johnson et al ( 2020 ); Messing et al ( 2020a , b ) and Anderson et al ( 2021 ); Williams et al ( 2021 ). Other studies have been done, for the last years, in other countries such as Spain in and Echeburúa et al ( 2009 ), Canada in Storey and Hart ( 2014 ), China in Wang ( 2015 ), Portugal in Cunha and Goalves ( 2016 ), and Norway in Nesset et al ( 2017 ), Spain in López-Ossorio et al ( 2021 ) and Echeburúa et al ( 2009 ).…”

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“…The sample size varied among the studies between 16 and 4,665 participants. This is constituted by a common sample of women victims of IPF, attempted IPF, and PVW by current or former male partners in heterosexual relationships (Campbell, 1986 ; McFarlane et al, 1998 ; Glass et al, 2008 , 2009 , 2010 ; Campbell et al, 2009 ; Snider et al, 2009 ; Messing et al, 2013 , 2014 , 2015a , b , 2016 , 2017 , 2020a , b ; Bianchi et al, 2014 ; Storey and Hart, 2014 ; Wang, 2015 ; Messing and Campbell, 2016 ; Brignone and Gomez, 2017 ; Nesset et al, 2017 ; Richards et al, 2019 ; Sabri et al, 2019 ; Johnson et al, 2020 ; López-Ossorio et al, 2021 ). These aggressors are also included (Echeburúa et al, 2009 ; Storey and Hart, 2014 ; Cunha and Goalves, 2016 ; Nesset et al, 2017 ; Anderson et al, 2021 ; López-Ossorio et al, 2021 ; Williams et al, 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Risk Assessment Instruments for Intimate Partner Femicide: A Systematic Review

Garcia-Vergara

Almeda²,

Fernández-Navarro³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Intimate partner violence is a severe problem that has taken the lives of thousands of women worldwide, and it is bound to continue in the future. Numerous risk assessment instruments have been developed to identify and intervene in high-risk cases. However, a synthesis of specific instruments for severe violence against women by male partners has not been identified. This type of violence has specific characteristics compared to other forms of intimate partner violence, requiring individualized attention. A systematic review of the literature has been conducted to summarize the intimate partner homicide risk assessment instruments applied to this population. It has been carried out with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement guidelines. The search strategy yielded a total of 1,156 studies, and only 33 studies met eligibility criteria and were included in the review. The data of these studies were extracted, analyzed, and presented on study characteristics (country and year, sample, data sources, purpose of the studies) and main findings (a brief description of the instruments, risk factor items, psychometric properties). The results indicate that the Danger Assessment, the Danger Assessment for Immigrants, the Danger Assessment for Law Enforcement, the Danger Assessment-5, the Taiwan Intimate Partner Violence Danger Assessment, the Severe Intimate Partner Risk Prediction Scale, The Lethality Screen, and the H-Scale are specific risk assessment instruments for predicting homicide and attempted homicide. There are differences in the number and content of risk assessment items, but most of them include the evidence's critical factors associated with homicide. Validity and reliability scores of these instruments vary, being consistency and accuracy medium-high for estimating homicide. Finally, implications for prediction and prevention are noted, and future research directions are discussed.

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“…Through this lens, community policing in relation to domestic violence is less about establishing shared responsibility between the community and the police to manage the disorder of domestic violence, but rather reflective of the other characteristic of community policing: proactive problem‐solving. Beyond geography, a robust body of policing literature examines the policing response to domestic violence, including the use of risk and lethality assessments in police practice (see Richards et al 2020 for a review). Risk and lethality assessments are tools that help determine the level of risk that a victim has of being killed by their partner (Campbell et al 2008).…”

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Geographies of Policing: Domestic Violence, Mandatory Arrest, and Police Liability

Cuomo

2020

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For most of United States history, the police did not intervene in domestic violence. To redress for this history, police departments began implementing mandatory arrest policies in the 1980s. These policies require police to arrest in cases of domestic violence when injuries are present, regardless of victim consent. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research conducted in central Pennsylvania, including participant observation in a domestic violence unit of a police department and interviews with police officers, this paper examines how mandatory arrest policies extend the spatial reach of the state into private space and intimate relationships. Specifically, I argue that the policing of domestic violence positions police officers as neoliberal subjects responsible for mediating abusive relationships on behalf of the state. This paper contributes to geographic research on policing in the private sphere, while also offering a detailed accounting of the mechanics of police practice.

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An Examination of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP): Perspectives on Implementation, Help-Seeking, and Victim Empowerment

Cited by 14 publications

References 28 publications

The Police Role in Domestic Homicide Prevention: Lessons From a Domestic Violence Death Review Committee

The Police Role in Domestic Homicide Prevention: Lessons From a Domestic Violence Death Review Committee

Risk Assessment Instruments for Intimate Partner Femicide: A Systematic Review

Geographies of Policing: Domestic Violence, Mandatory Arrest, and Police Liability

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