The efficacy of a police-advocacy intervention for victims of domestic violence: 12 month follow-up data

Carla Smith Stover; Miriam Berkman; Rani Desai; Steven Marans

doi:10.1177/1077801210364046

The efficacy of a police-advocacy intervention for victims of domestic violence: 12 month follow-up data

Violence Against Women. 2010 Apr;16(4):410-25. doi: 10.1177/1077801210364046.

Authors

Carla Smith Stover¹, Miriam Berkman, Rani Desai, Steven Marans

Affiliation

¹ Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. carla.stover@yale.edu

PMID: 20224112
DOI: 10.1177/1077801210364046

Abstract

The Domestic Violence Home Visit Intervention (DVHVI) provides advocate/police officer team home visits following a domestic dispute. Women (52 DVHVI and 55 controls) were interviewed at 1, 6, and 12 months following a police reported domestic incident to assess repeat violence, service utilization, and symptoms. Women who received the DVHVI were more satisfied with the police and likely to call them to report a nonphysical domestic dispute in the 12 months following the initial incident than women in the comparison group. DVHVI participants were significantly more likely to use court-based services and seek mental health treatment for their children.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Consumer Advocacy / statistics & numerical data*
Crisis Intervention*
Domestic Violence / prevention & control*
Domestic Violence / psychology*
Domestic Violence / statistics & numerical data
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Police*