Article by Joan Zorza

Reports on Responding to Victims with Disabilities

Working with victims of crime who have disabilities.

Article explains full faith and credit, liability for not enforcing protective orders, availability of technical assistance.

Massillion Police Department - Canton, OH

Danvers, MA Police Department

Concise, comprehensive site from a law enforcement perspective posted by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Includes a good questionnaire for safety planning/danger assessment.

Facts, questions and answers about domestic violence victimization from the East Orange Police Department, New Jersey. Has links to local shelter agencies.

After nearly 20 years of research designed to test the effects of arrest on intimate partner violence, questions persist on whether arrest is more effective at reducing subsequent intimate partner violence than such informal, therapeutic methods as on-scene counseling or temporary separation. The most important research efforts addressing this question were six experiments known collectively as the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ's) Spouse Assault Replication Program (SARP).[1] These field experiments, carried out between 1981 and 1991 by six police departments and research teams, were designed to test empirically whether arrests deterred subsequent violence better than less formal alternatives.

A Guide for Investigating the Path Leading Up to Domestic Violence Homicides - for Friends, Activists, Journalists, and All Who Care (In English and Spanish)

Another good police site with a personalized safety plan in Acrobat (pdf) format.

Follow the links to Law Enforcement. Good information on the use of photographs to document domestic violence. Includes tips on getting good images and links to information about training for law enforcement in documenting family violence.

The Police Complaint Center is a national non-profit organization that provides assistance to victims of police misconduct. Using available technology, the Police Complaint Center documents and investigates alleged incidents of police abuse. Our staff are former police officers and licensed private investigators. We believe that many police organizations have done a poor job of protecting the public from abusive officers. Our primary service is assisting victims of misconduct with reporting complaints to appropriate enforcement agencies. We also investigate police and sheriffs deputies that are accused of abusive behavior.

by Neil Websdale, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011; Maureen Sheeran Policy Analyst National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Reno, NV 89557; Byron Johnson, Ph.D. Senior Fellow Crime and Justice Center Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37212. Violence Against Women Online Resources, University of Minnesota.

Some cops know a thing or two about domestic violence. Just ask their wives. Site offering help to victims of domestic violence by law enforcement officers in Des Plaines, IL

Article on the importance of police as first responders to violence.

The three primary responsibilities of law enforcement in domestic violence cases are to (1) provide physical safety and security for victims, (2) assist victims by coordinating their referral to support services, and (3) make arrests of domestic violence perpetrators as required by law.