Special Victims Prosecutor, Co-Founder
Right Response Consulting
Special Victims Prosecutor
Co-Founder, Right Response Consulting
In 75% of intimate partner violence homicides, the victim experienced violence within the preceding 30 days. Victims of intimate partner homicide who have been strangled are 750% more likely to be victims of intimate partner homicide. However, not all cases involve high lethality. Therefore, communities may consider alternatives to prosecution in intimate partner violence cases, as a result of data driven factors that address outside stressors and engagement of survivors.
The presenters will begin with a discussion on the creation of evidence-based diversion courts for first time offenders whose crimes did not involve a weapon or serious injury. Next, the presenters will focus on high-risk cases that involve repeat offenders, escalating violence, and stalking. They will share strategies to effectively prosecute these cases without re-traumatizing victims, which include targeted sentencing recommendations and treatment. Finally, the presenters will discuss high lethality cases such as cases that involve weapons, strangulation, asphyxiation, and serious injury.
Objectives
As a result of this webinar, participants will be better able to:
- Recognize outside stressors that may be contributing to first time violence.
- Identify appropriate services and community partners to help address these stressors and encourage survivor participation in the process.
- Establish Intimate Partner Violence Diversion Courts.
- Detect high risk cases for survivors, to better invest resources and time.
- Identity high lethality cases to reduce the risk of homicide.
- Evaluate strategies to prosecute high risk and high lethality cases without victim participation.
CONTINUING EDUCATION (NURSES ONLY)
EVAWI is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing to provide Continuing Education contact hours for nurses (Provider #15641).
Registered Nurses may purchase 1.5 contact hours after completing this webinar.
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