CRM/LAW C118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Femicide, 18 Months, Arraignment

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C118
• Professor: Kirk Williams

Document Summary

Dvsi-r developed to sasses risk of persistence in dv. Potential limitation is that may not capture risk of violence escalating to life-threatening proportions. The connecticut experience -> when went back after domestic homicides found that many perpetrators had no prior crimes & were rated as low risk by dvsi-r. Selected items from research by campbell & associates on femicide & the danger. Potential lethality (dangerousness): life-threatening ipv involving physical force causing severe injuries that could easily result in death. Potential lethality items included in dg but not in dvsi-r: Threatened to use of actually used a potentially deadly weapon. Nonfatal strangulation (behavior that many states have criminalized since creates so much fear in people -> demonstrates message of power) Tried or threatened to kill oneself (control strategy) Incorporation of potential lethality items (indicators of dangerousness) Five pilot geographic areas (court districts) -> 20 total in state of ct. 3,670 cases of violence involving intimate partners nested within 2,533 defendants.