NCJ Number
179600
Editor(s)
Barry Webb
Date Published
1999
Length
63 pages
Annotation
A project in Leeds, England, designed to reduce repeat victimization from domestic assault through the use of early intervention and graduated police responses was evaluated in terms of its operation and results during its first full year of operation.
Abstract
The Domestic Violence and Repeat Victimization Project was commissioned as part of the Home Office Police Research Group's program on repeat victimization. The project required an equal focus on the victimized woman and the offending man to set up an interactive crime prevention approach that both protected the victim and demotivated the offender. The program required all Killingbeck police officers to proceed proactively and to ensure victim safety, while providing closer interagency involvement with organizations supporting victims and those responding to offenders. Results of the demonstration year revealed the success of the program. This cost-effective, three-tiered program both reduced repeat interventions by the police and increased the time intervals between interventions as a result of more appropriate responses to domestic violence. The program enabled chronic repeat offenders to be identified and individually assessed; over the year, their numbers declined. Findings revealed that the project achieved both program and organizational achievements. Figures, tables, appended discussion of developments in statistical analysis, and 10 references