Ward-Lasher Allison, Messing Jill Theresa, Hart Bill
School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix. Morrison Institute/Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Soc Work. 2017 Jul 1;62(3):211-218. doi: 10.1093/sw/swx023.
Risk-informed collaborative police-social service interventions are an emerging strategy intended to enhance offender accountability and victim-survivors' safety in intimate partner violence (IPV) cases. These interventions use risk assessment to determine appropriate interventions and enhance the police response for dangerous offenders by engaging in collaboration with social work advocates. Because little is known about the responsiveness of police officers to risk-informed collaborative interventions, this study examines police officer (N = 544) attitudes toward IPV risk assessment and collaboration with social workers. The majority of police officers did not believe a social worker would be helpful at the scene of an IPV incident. However, those who agreed that a social worker would be helpful were more likely to be knowledgeable about the dynamics of IPV. Officers who believed risk assessment was important were more likely to believe that the police response to IPV is necessary. Finally, officers' perceived knowledge about risk for homicide was not consistently associated with actual knowledge about IPV. These findings suggest a need for knowledgeable social workers to collaborate with police, particularly in high-risk cases, and to offer training for officers on risk factors for homicide, coercive control, and misperceptions about IPV.
基于风险的警察与社会服务协作干预措施是一种新兴策略，旨在提高亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）案件中犯罪者的责任意识以及受害者幸存者的安全保障。这些干预措施利用风险评估来确定适当的干预措施，并通过与社会工作倡导者合作，加强警方对危险犯罪者的应对。由于对警察对基于风险的协作干预措施的反应了解甚少，本研究调查了警官（N = 544）对IPV风险评估以及与社会工作者合作的态度。大多数警官认为，在IPV事件现场，社会工作者不会有什么帮助。然而，那些认为社会工作者会有帮助的人更有可能了解IPV的动态情况。认为风险评估很重要的警官更有可能认为警方对IPV做出反应是必要的。最后，警官对杀人风险的认知与对IPV的实际了解并不一致。这些发现表明，需要有知识的社会工作者与警方合作，特别是在高风险案件中，并为警官提供关于杀人风险因素、强制控制以及对IPV误解的培训。
