Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice by Nicola Groves Terry Thomas

Author:Nicola Groves, Terry Thomas [Nicola Groves, Terry Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Criminology
ISBN: 9781843928195
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-05-01T00:00:00+00:00

Other police interventions

The police have looked at ways of being more proactive in reducing domestic violence. Some of the more well-known initiatives are considered here.

If the late 1970s and 1980s had seen the ‘discovery’ of the victim, a phenomena now brought to light in the 1990s was that of the ‘repeat victim’ and ‘repeat victimisation’. This was the realisation that certain sections of the population were more liable to be victims of crime on a regular basis than other people (Farrell and Pease, 1993). The crime could be burglary or criminal damage but this model of looking at crime also lent itself to domestic violence. Prompted by circular 66/90 the police now took part in three high profile projects to reduce the chances of repeat victimisation.

In Liverpool women were given alarms that would alert the police to make early interventions and the police started a database to assist their response (Lloyd et al., 1993; Farrell and Buckley, 1999); the idea of CCTV in a household was first considered at this time (Casey, 1993). In London a project entitled ‘Domestic Violence Matters’ was an attempt to improve the police response repertoire by bringing a multi-agency focus, including non-police officers, to assist the police (Kelly, 1999). Later these would evolve into the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences or MARACs (see Chapter 7).

In Leeds the Domestic Violence and Repeat Victimisation Project was implemented by the West Yorkshire police Killingbeck Division and involved a three-level intervention pattern:

1

After a first attendance by the police, letters were sent by way of follow up.

2

A second attendance as followed by a visit and the setting up of a Cocoon Watch consisting of family, neighbours and other agencies being willing to contact the police immediately if incidents occur.

3

A third attendance led to Police Watch which provides a visible police presence to both victim and offender with e.g. police cars cruising by twice a week.

The overall aim was to protect the victim and de-motivate the offender. ‘No Further Action’ was no longer an option. The West Yorkshire police had the advantage of a domestic violence database they had been maintaining since 1989. The Killingbeck Project was a success and reduced the need for police repeat attendances. It also increased the time intervals between attendances and identified chronic offenders (Hanmer et al., 1999; see also ACPO, 2008a: para 5.4.6).

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