Assessing violent encounters: police use of lethality reporting

To identify individuals at greater risk for violent victimization, police agencies have begun to use lethality assessments. This strategy involves the use of screening questions asked of victims that assess dangerousness. Grounded in the criminological literature on domestic violence (DV), the Maryland Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP) has been adopted in numerous jurisdictions. More specifically, this risk assessment targets episodes of intimate partner violence (IPV). These situations tend to precipitate greater levels of lethality. Using risk assessment reports from a county located in the southern United States, this research examines the correlates of intimate violence, the predictive ability of the screening instrument, and distribution of intimate partner violence across areas with different degrees of economic stability. Findings suggest that offender sex, employment status, a recent separation, and scoring high on the assessment screening items helps to predict prior victimization. The subculture of violence perspective is used as a theoretical context.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Bibbs, Calvin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bumphus, Vic
• Kule, Ahmet; Iles, Gale D.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Intimate partner violence
• Family violence
• Victims of violent crimes

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/593

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1747