By Melanie F. Shepard, Ellen Pence
The "Duluth version" is a broadly disseminated method of community-based intervention in household violence. This authoritative and entire quantity examines tips on how to enhance a reaction to household violence utilizing the version.
Key matters addressed contain: bettering networking between carrier prone; development tracking and monitoring platforms; constructing a supportive infrastructure for sufferers; delivering sanctions and rehabilitation possibilities; addressing the wishes of youngsters; and comparing the effectiveness of neighborhood reaction.
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Therefore, policies and procedures should help stan dardize responses while allowing the system to respond to the specif ics of a case. To hold offenders accountable and protect victims, we need to understand how the violence is used by a person and how victims are affected by the violence. Harsh sanctions are not necessary with people who have used minimal force in a relationship, show potential for rehabilitation, and are entering the system for the first time. More jail time does not always mean more justice.
Even though the research overwhelmingly shows that women in fact mini mize abuse, defense attorneys, prosecutors seeking to dismiss cases, and judges explaining nonpunitive sentences spin tales claiming that women are likely making up the abuse, its effects on their children, and the need for protection. While it is clear that every community can find the case of "the woman who lied," all women are suspect. " In many ways, we turned a blind eye to some women's use of violence, their drug use and alcoholism, and their often harsh and violent treatment of their children.