APA 1999 Convention Coverage Presentations by Division 49: Child Development-Community Policing Violence Intervention Program

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Vitulano ◽  
Gina M. Vitulano
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Community Policing ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Violence Intervention

“Isn’t There Any Other Way than Calling the Cops?”: How Differences in Initiation of Police Intervention Influence Survivor Safety

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110642
Author(s):  
Nkiru Nnawulezi ◽  
Jasmine Engleton ◽  
Selima Jumarali ◽  
Samantha Royson ◽  
Christopher Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Police Intervention ◽  
Alternative Interventions ◽  
Violence Intervention ◽  
Study Results

As formal crisis responders, police are trained in de-escalation tactics that are expected to mitigate intimate partner violence and promote survivor safety. However, the alignment between expected and actual practice of police intervention varies, especially when the survivor does not initiate the call, police treat the survivor poorly, or provide an undesirable arrest outcome. At best, unsuccessful interventions do not change survivors’ risk level, and at worse, elevate their risk of experiencing harm. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore survivors’ perspectives on the process of police intervention, specifically how variations in initiation, quality of engagement, and arrest influence survivors’ safety. Twenty-four women whose partners were in a relationship violence intervention program were recruited to participate in the study. Results showed that many survivors described a range of ongoing, strategic violence perpetrated by their partners that required intervention; yet the complex nature of the violence often extended beyond police capacity. Either survivors called the police, or they were initiated externally by neighbors or strangers; some survivors had dual initiations. Whether survivors reported that police used safety practices during the intervention was related to who initiated the police. Arrests of abusive partners were inconsistent, and they varied based on number of previous calls to the police and visible signs of injury. Survivors of color, specifically Black women, self-initiated at higher rates, experienced fewer safety strategies used by police, and had fewer arrests. No matter the outcomes of police intervention, survivors actively engaged in strategies outside of formal systems to protect themselves and their families. Study results imply that police intervention may be ill-suited to support survivors’ safety goals and highlight a need for alternative interventions focused on de-escalation and prevention.

scholarly journals L’intervention auprès de jeunes mères et de leur enfant : perspective de la théorie de l’attachement

Criminologie ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
George M. Tarabulsy ◽  
Julie Robitaille ◽  
Carl Lacharité ◽  
Julie Deslandes ◽  
Rémi Coderre
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Adolescent Mothers ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Psychosocial Risk ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Young Mothers ◽  
Relationship Attachment

The children of adolescent mothers are among those presenting the highest level of psychosocial risk, compromising their socio-emotional development on a number of levels. Several intervention strategies have been designed to address some of the problems that characterize these mother-infant dyads. While these strategies have proven to be beneficial to young mothers, relatively little impact has been found on the level of infant and child development. The purpose of this article is to address the issue of intervention aimed at adolescent mothers and their infant, and underline that the relational dimension, while absent from most intervention programs, is necessary to our understanding of the problems presented by these dyads. An intervention program, currently undergoing evaluation, is described having as a main objective the improvement of the early mother-infant relationship. Attachment theory is presented as an organizing construct. Characteristics of the intervention, as well as the evaluation strategy, are described.

scholarly journals A prospective randomized study of the efficacy of “Turning Point,” an inpatient violence intervention program

2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 834-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Loveland-Jones ◽  
Lucas Ferrer ◽  
Scott Charles ◽  
Frederick Ramsey ◽  
Andrea van Zandt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
Prospective Randomized Study ◽  
Violence Intervention

scholarly journals Effects of Integrated Violence Intervention on Alexithymia, Cognitive, and Neurocognitive Features of Violence in Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 837
Author(s):  
Mei-Chi Hsu ◽  
Wen-Chen Ouyang
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Synergistic Effects ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Violent Behavior ◽  
Open Label ◽  
Violence Intervention ◽  
Randomized Controlled

Patients with schizophrenia and repetitive violence express core impairments that encompass multiple domains. To date, there have been few interventions integrating neurocognition, social cognition, alexithymia, and emotion regulation together as an approach to manage repetitive violence. The aim of this open-label randomized controlled trial was to examine more comprehensively the effectiveness of a novel Integrated Cognitive Based Violence Intervention Program on management of repetitive violence in patients with schizophrenia (vSZ). Sixty recruited patients were aged ≥20 years, diagnosed with schizophrenia for >2 years, had repetitive violent behavior within one year, and were psychiatrically hospitalized. The vSZ patients were randomly allocated to two groups and received either the intervention or treatment as usual. The intervention module, consisting of all defined 11 cognitive and social cognitive domains as well as emotion regulation, which were grouped into four modules. The intervention placed emphasis on the patients’ behavioral problems or intrinsic conflicts in relation to repetitive violence. The results indicate a statistically significant trend toward reducing impulsivity, anger with resentment, physical aggression, suspicion, and hostility (p < 0.05). The intervention significantly alleviated the intensity of cognitive failure, improved the management of alexithymic features and attribution styles and errors, and fostered adequate decision-making styles and emotion regulation capacity (p < 0.05). The intervention, when applied in conjunction with psychiatric standard care, could exert synergistic effects on alexithymia and cognitive, clinical, and neurocognitive features of repetitive violence in schizophrenia. This intervention provided patients a more active role to manage their violent behavior with the involvement of alexithymia.

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