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Hundreds of Domestic Violence Death Review committees, teams, and panels are operating in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. At the same time, thousands of women are being injured physically, emotionally, and cognitively, and a smaller number are being killed, by their male intimate partners. Femicides represent the tip of the iceberg for non-fatal and fatal injuries inflicted on intimate female partners, and taken together, they constitute an epidemic. This book investigates attempts made by Domestic Violence Death Reviews (DVDRs) in three different countries to end the epidemic by making recommendations to community-based organizations and agencies, such as women’s shelters, substance abuse treatment agencies, and police forces. Thousands of recommendations have been made since these Reviews were first created in 1994, but why have they not decreased the rates of femicide? This book answers this question, describes steps DVDRs can take to increases their fitness for preventing femicide in communities, and also how establishing a DVDR in an indigenous First Nation in Canada can achieve the same end. Readers who are not familiar with DVDRs will learn about similarities and differences in how they operate in three different countries, and why one of them—the Domestic Homicide Review in the United Kingdom—is identified as the model worth replicating in Canada and the United States.

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Author:   Desmond Ellis
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9781538197264

ISBN 10:   153819726
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   18 March 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Goal and Purposes Organization Summary and Lessons Learned Chapter 1: Definitions Homicide Homicide-suicide Femicide Social Issues Purposes Summary and Lessons Learned Chapter 2: History Media Publicity System Gaps Alternative Models Legislation Summary and Lessons Learned Chapter 3: Theory Patriarchy Theory Systems Theory Ecological Theory Proprietariness Theory Summary and Lessons Learned Chapter 4: Research Sample Selection Findings Evaluation Recommendations Summary and Lessons Learned Chapter 5: Implications for Practice Coronial Rule Study Design Definitions Data Collection Data Analysis Risk Factors Protective Factors Selection of Homicide Cases Selection of Advisory Group Members Contradictory Objective Hierarchy of Voice Public Awareness Dilemmas Accountability Evaluation Inter-agency Collaboration: DHR and CCR Femicide-suicide Arguments Summary and Lessons Learned Chapter 6: The Barriers Thesis Definitions Conceptual Empirical Implications Summary and lessons learned Chapter 7: Domestic Violence Homicide Reviews and Indigenous Peoples Introduction Nomenclature Findings Settler Colonization Theory Application Problems Prospects Postscript Summary and Lessons Learned Chapter 8: Case Studies Introduction The West Berkshire Safer Communities Partnership (CSP/DHR) Ontario Domestic Violence Death Review Committee Santa Clara Domestic Violence Death Review Team Summary and Lessons Learned Conclusions Chapter 9: Policy Part One Part Two References Index Appendix A: Participating in Multi-agency Reviews of Homicide/Femicide Cases Appendix B: Chairing Multi-agency Homicide Reviews About the Author

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Desmond Ellis is a member of the Sociology graduate faculty and a Professor Emeritus based in the La Marsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Faculty of Health, York University. He served his country by his service in the Royal Artillery in England, and his community by serving as a Board member of the women’s safety promoting Elspeth Heyworth Centre in Toronto, and the Conflict Mediation Service, Downsview. He was also a member of the Domestic Violence Sub-committee to the Federal U.S., Uniform Collaborative Law Act Task Force. During his tenure at York, he was appointed by Justice Canada to the Family Violence Advisory Group set up to implement national family violence user guidelines for family violence practitioners to identify and respond to family violence. With colleague Mike Smith, he created the La Marsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution. As a faculty member at York, he published a number of research reports, books and articles on male partner violence associated with separation, and the effects of participating is collaborative and adversarial family court proceeding on male partner violence. His most recent book, Domestic Violence: A Practical Handbook for Family Lawyers, was published by Lexis-Nexis in 2019.

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