Coordinated community responses (CCRs) are a commonly used intervention in the field of
domestic violence (DV), yet research findings on CCRs to DV have been inconsistent. The …

Background Family abuse is a recurrent phenomenon within a select population of
households. This form of abuse can include any physical or psychological harassment that …

This article examines quantitative and qualitative data in an analysis of the workings of a
specialist rape investigation unit and compares its performance with a non-specialist …

Women in Policing around the World is a historical, legal, political, and social examination of
women in policing. The book opens with a comparison of cultural definitions of gender and …

Limited research exists on police officers' service provision for sexual and domestic violence
survivors after they formally report. This study used surveys from 452 commissioned officers …

The CSW65 agreed conclusions call for a multisectoral coordinated response to all forms of
violence against women. The term coordinated community response (CCR) is commonly …

Partner violence is a well-documented issue within research, policing practices,
newspapers, and awareness campaigns both domestically and internationally. These …

Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, many states enacted legislation criminalizing most forms
of intimate partner violence (IPV) and necessitating law enforcement to shift to treat IPV as a …

The problem of intimate partner homicide is featuring increasingly on national and
international policy agendas. Over the last 40 years, responses to this issue have been …

This book is dedicated to improving the practice of the policing of domestic abuse. Its
objective is to help inform those working in policing about the dynamics of how domestic …