Love, Marriage and Murder, are words that are normally not
closely associated in the average mind, although those words become the sad reality
of many relationships in which there is serious domestic violence, or violence
with the threat of permanent physical harm or death. The patterns that are
present in domestic homicides have been used in the past, and are currently
still used to provide research data that is useful in the construction of legal
protections geared toward preventing future domestic homicides.
The most serious consequences stemming from domestic
violence against partners and children is the murder of victims, domestic
homicide, which, in many cases involve the murder of children as well, often
with the abuser committing suicide either by cop, or at their own hand
immediately after the murders.
The National Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Initiative http://www.ndvfri.org/reports.php
South Carolina had the most domestic homicides, with male
partners killing female victims in 2013, with more than double the national
average:
Fatality Review Boards were established for most states in
the year 2004.
The data uses information leading up to the homicide to
identify gaps in governmental programs that is examined by a state appointed
review team such as the following:
“The review teams are
comprised of representatives from government agencies, including prosecutors,
public defenders, judges, police, medical examiners, emergency room doctors,
court psychologists, corrections or probation officers, child protection
workers, school social workers, etc. The teams also include strong
representation from domestic violence advocates and from the community.”
From Stop Violence Against Women
http://www.stopvaw.org/domestic_fatality_review_boards
Arizona Fatality Review suggests the uses patterns to aid in
the cross-coordination of agency efforts between law enforcement and supporting
agencies:
Presently the biggest gap is implementing the valuable data into
useful law.
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