Evidence to Practice Session | Patterns of Family Violence Harm
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The Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention is an Interdepartmental Executive Board under the Public Service Act 2020 tasked with improving the whole-of-government approach to family violence and sexual violence.
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This session focuses on patterns of family violence harm committed by people who come to the attention of Police, and will be presented by Dr. Apriel D. Jollife Simpson, a co-author of this research (alongside Dr Chaitanya Joshi, and Professor Devon Polaschek).
This research collected information about people who came to police attention for using family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand, and modelled patterns over time (whether the harmful behaviour continued or escalated). The study identifies varying probabilities of further verbal abuse and physical violence. The findings can help improve how family violence risk is conceptualised in practice
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