FY25 Office Wide New Grantee Orientation (NGO) 2025 – DV RISC
This webinar is part of the FY 25 OVW Office-wide New Grantee Orientation webinar series, providing more information on the DV RISC project. Click to learn more about the DV RISC project!
LAP 2.0 Video
Brief overview of the updated Lethality Assessment Program- LAP 2.0.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Risk and Risk Assessments 101: Purpose and Common Uses
In this DV RISC Exchange Call, “Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Risk and Risk Assessments 101: Purpose and Common Uses,” members from the DV RISC Team discuss foundational information about IPV risk and risk Assessments, including the concept and theory of risk, common settings where IPV risk assessments are implemented, and key considerations for effective implementation. … Continued
Uplifting Survivor Voices for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Risk Assessment Implementation
This webinar, led by lived-experience experts Jennifer Moston and Jennifer Foxworthy, highlights the essential role of survivor involvement in implementing IPV risk assessments and models. It covers effective strategies for engaging survivors and individuals with lived experience, drawing on insights from the DV RISC Survivor Advisory Board Guidance Document. By centering survivor perspectives, we can … Continued
July 2024 Exchange Call: The Intimate Partner Violence Intervention
The Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (IPVI) is a coordinated strategy that addresses the most serious intimate partner violence (IPV), focusing the attention and actions on individuals causing IPV harm in the community while simultaneously centering victim-survivor safety. Through a multidisciplinary partnership, IPVI rewrites the narrative on how IPV can be addressed in communities while also … Continued
Break from the Bench – Risk and Lethality: Discussing DV RISC
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) hosted a Lunch and Learn Series: A Break from the Bench. For this session, Rebecca Thomforde-Hauser, Director of Accountability and Engagement on the DV RISC project, participated in a 45-minute panel that discusses what’s essential for judge to know about domestic violence risk and lethality.
Lethality Risk Factors Series: Pregnancy Abuse and Reproductive Coercion
Pregnancy abuse and reproductive coercion pose as lethality risk factors for intimate partner homicide as they indicate a heightened level of control and manipulation within an abusive relationship, escalating the potential for lethal violence. The interference with a partner’s reproductive autonomy during pregnancy contributes to an environment of increased danger and power imbalance, elevating the … Continued
Lethality Risk Factors Series: Recent Separation
Recent separation is a critical lethality risk factor for intimate partner homicide as perpetrators often sense a potential loss of control over their partner, increasing the likelihood of violent retaliation against the separated partner. The period of post-separation is marked by increased danger, as it may intensify the perpetrator’s feelings of rejection and contribute to … Continued
Lethality Risk Factors Series: Strangulation
Strangulation is a critical lethality risk factor for intimate partner homicide, as it signifies a highly dangerous level of physical violence and control within an abusive relationship. Survivors who experience strangulation are at a heightened risk of subsequent lethal violence, emphasizing the urgent need for intervention and support in such cases. This is part 2 … Continued
Lethality Risk Factors Series: Firearms
Firearms is a is a significant lethality risk factor for intimate partner homicide, as the presence of firearms increases the potential for lethal violence. The availability of firearms amplifies the danger in abusive relationships, posing a heightened threat to the safety of victims. This is part 4 of the DV RISC Lethality Risk Factors Webinar … Continued