TY - JOUR
T1 - Coming Together in the Fight Against Intimate Partner Violence
T2 - Lessons Learned From a Researcher–Practitioner Collaboration Evaluating Cincinnati’s Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT)
AU - Wojcik, Michelle L.T.
AU - Rubenstein, Batya Y.
AU - Petkus, Amber A.
AU - Racadio, Maria
AU - Anderson, Valerie R.
AU - Fisher, Bonnie S.
AU - Wilcox, Pamela
AU - Bleser, Amy
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank everyone at Women Helping Women (WHW) and the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) who have given their time and support to this project. The authors appreciate the advocates who have volunteered to be interviewed and thank them for their willingness to share a part of their experiences with us. The authors also thank Lieutenant Colonel Michael John at CPD for sharing his thoughts with us and his enthusiastic support for researcher–police partnerships. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported in part by the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. The opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.
Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported in part by the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. The opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - 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.
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.
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U2 - 10.1177/1043986221999861
DO - 10.1177/1043986221999861
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099219488
SN - 1043-9862
VL - 37
SP - 221
EP - 243
JO - Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
JF - Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
IS - 2
ER -
