RT Article
T1 Coming Together in the Fight Against Intimate Partner Violence: Lessons Learned From a Researcher–Practitioner Collaboration Evaluating Cincinnati’s Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT)
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 37
IS 2
SP 221
OP 243
A1 Wojcik, Michelle L. T.
A2 Rubenstein, Batya Y.
A2 Petkus, Amber A.
A2 Racadio, Maria
A2 Anderson, Valerie R.
A2 Fisher, Bonnie S. 1959-
A2 Wilcox, Pamela 1968-
A2 Bleser, Amy
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/175552000X
AB Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an insidious public health concern that affects people of all demographic backgrounds. In the city of Cincinnati, Ohio there has been a significant increase in IPV-related homicides over the past 5 years. Women Helping Women (WHW), a nonprofit organization that works to prevent gender-based violence, collaborated with Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) to create the Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT). Researchers from the University of Cincinnati School of Criminal Justice were invited to work with WHW to evaluate the program. This article discusses the history of the DVERT program and collaboration, obstacles that ensued, lessons learned, and successes of the relationship between the researchers, WHW, and CPD. Implications for other researchers and practitioners looking to form partnerships are discussed.
K1 second responder programs
K1 research collaboration
K1 researcher–practitioner relationships
K1 police–community partnerships
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Violence against women
DO 10.1177/1043986221999861