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Police Departments’ Use of the Lethality Assessment Program: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation

Publication Date: 2014
File: Police_Dept_Use_of_Lethality_Assessment_Program.pdf
Abstract:
This quasi-experimental evaluation examined the effectiveness of the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), a collaboration between police and social service providers that aimed to decrease rates of repeat, severe, lethal and near-lethal domestic violence while increasing rates of emergency safety planning and help-seeking. Under LAP, a police officer responding to the scene of a domestic violence… (read more)
Tag(s):
data and research, domestic violence, first responders, law enforcement
Author(s):
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)