Giving victims of intimate partner violence a referral to a victims advocate, while useful, places a burden on the victim to initiate contact. New research in Colorado looks at the effectiveness of coordinated outreach teams where community-based advocates initiate contact to IPV victims at case inception. Findings showed that this program increased victim’s engagement with prosecution, particularly among women marginalized by ethnicity or class. Read the study. vaw.sagepub/content/18/8/861.abstract
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:30:00 +0000
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