If Lethality Is Predictable Why Aren’t We Taking Action?
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The episode discusses the role of domestic violence high-risk teams in preventing intimate partner violence through evidence-based assessments.
Forty percent of homicides tied to intimate partner violence is not a “domestic issue.” It’s a community-wide prevention problem. I’m joined by Detective Brandon Wooten to explain how domestic violence high-risk teams (DVHRTs) are changing what happens before the worst day, using evidence-based lethality assessment and a coordinated response that actually moves cases forward. We dig into the DVHRT model step by step: how teams identify high-risk domestic violence cases early, connect s...
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