Policing Domestic Violence

"This practical guide to policing domestic violence offers advice on core practice areas, including investigative techniques, risk identification, assessment and management, multi-agency domestic homicide reviews and information-sharing. Approaches to help identify victims early and target offenders through the effective use of intelligence are set out along with helpful case studies and checklists." "This book provides information on all the practical measures which should be employed to protect victims and their children and hold offenders to account. The impact of domestic violence on children and other witnesses is also discussed, and the powers available to police under new legislation including the Domestic Violence Crimes and Victims Act 2004 are outlined. This book is an essential resource for all practitioners working in the field of domestic violence in the UK."--BOOK JACKET.

Laura Richards is Consultant Violence Adviser to ACPO and prior to this was head of the Homicide Prevention Unit at the Metropolitan Police, specialising in domestic abuse cases. She has a PHD in risk, intelligence and behavioural analysis and a degree in forensic psychology. Simon Letchford is a Detective Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police. He oversees London's 32 specialist domestic violence units and is also Deputy Chair of ACPO's Domestic Violence Steering Group. Sharon Stratton is a Detective Sergeant at the Metropolitan Police. She has extensive operational experience in investigating domestic violence cases and regularly trains front-line staff on domestic abuse investigations.