A guide to risk assessment and risk management of intimate partner violence against women for police

- Publisher:
- European Union Publications Office
- Publication date:
- 2019-09-30
- Authors:
- European Institute for Gender Equality (EU body or agency)
- ISBN:
- 978-92-9482-231-4
Description:
Almost one in three women in an intimate partner relationship in the EU Member States has experienced physical and/or sexual violence, and globally 38 % of all murders of women are intimate partner femicides. Both figures indicate the deep societal roots and persistence of gender-based violence in particular and of gender inequality in general. Risk assessment procedures and risk management strategies, when properly implemented, can efficiently protect female victims of intimate partner violence and prevent their revictimisation. This guide is specifically centred on intimate partner violence, since it is the most widespread form of violence against women, affecting women’s well-being, autonomy and equal access to opportunities. In particular, it focuses on risk assessment and risk management processes and practices implemented by the police. The police are considered to be a key actor in the criminal justice system of all EU Member States, since they are often tasked with the front-line management of intimate partner violence, taking the lead role in formal risk assessment processes.
Index
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Glossary of terms
- Introduction
- Framework for risk assessment and risk management of intimate partner violence at EU level
- Guidelines for police on conducting risk assessment of intimate partner violence against women
- Recommendations for risk management by police of intimate partner violence against women
- References
- Annex 1. The EU and international legal framework on risk assessment and risk management of intimate partner violence
- Annex 2. Tables on risk assessment approaches and tools and risk management interventions
- Annex 3. The multiagency risk assessment conference method
- Annex 4. List of contributors to the guide