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                            Funding & Awards
 Police Department''s use of Lethality Assessments: An Experimental Evaluation
Award Information
Awardee
              Johns Hopkins University
Award #
              2008-WG-BX-0002
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Baltimore, MD
Congressional District
              7
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2008
Total funding (to date)
              $581,232
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 08 ORE Violence Against Women
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2008, $581,232)
This research proposes to implement and evaluate the use of a Lethality Assessment protocol and intervention with 6 police departments in Oklahoma, a state where a substantial proportion of IPV victims are Native American.  The intervention consists of 2 components: a brief Lethality Assessment, conducted by police at the scene of an IPV incident, designed to determine whether the victim is at high risk for homicide and, if so, immediate coordination with local social service providers. A nonequivalent groups quasi-experimental design is proposed to examine the effectiveness of a Lethality Assessment Intervention (LAI) at decreasing violence and increasing help seeking behaviors for victims of IPV. This research has four aims. The Evaluation Aim will examine the effectiveness of the Lethality Assessment Intervention (LAI) at decreasing the rates of repeat, lethal and near lethal violence, and increasing the rates of help seeking behaviors among victims of IPV. The Validation Aim will assess the predictive and concurrent validity of the Lethality Assessment (LA), which is a shortened version of the Danger Assessment (DA). The Implementation Fidelity Aim will assess the fidelity of the implementation of the Lethality Assessment protocol with the appropriate high risk victims. Finally, the Satisfaction Aim will assess victim satisfaction with the police response and the Lethality Assessment Intervention.  This research will introduce nationally a combined criminal justice and social service intervention that can be implemented in most jurisdictions throughout the US affecting both policy and practice responses to the problem of IPV. ca/ncf



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Accounting for Multiple Nonfatal Strangulation in Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment
                  New Approaches to Policing High Risk Intimate Partner Victims and Offenders
                  The Association between Homicide Risk and Intimate Partner Violence Arrest
                  How Effective Are Lethality Assessment Programs for Addressing Intimate Partner Violence?
                  Differentiating Among Attempted, Completed, and Multiple Nonfatal Strangulation in Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
                  The Lethality Screen: The Predictive Validity of an Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment for Use by First Responders
                  Alcohol Use and Latent Profiles of Intimate Partner Violence
                  Research Designs in the Real World: Testing the Effectiveness of an IPV Intervention
                                                                      NIJ Journal,
                  Lethality Screen: The Predictive Validity of an Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment for Use by First Responders
                  Police Departments' Use of the Lethality Assessment Program: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation
                  Collaborating With Police Departments: Recruitment in the Oklahoma Lethality Assessment (OK-LA) Study




  
Grant-Funded Datasets
        
                      http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34975.v1

  
Date Created: September 29, 2008
    
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