Citation

Stover CS, Berkman M, Desai R, Marans S. Violence Against Women 2010; 16(4): 410-425.

Affiliation

Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven, CT. carla.stover@yale.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801210364046

PMID

20224112

Abstract

The Domestic Violence Home Visit Intervention (DVHVI) provides advocate/police officer team home visits following a domestic dispute. Women (52 DVHVI and 55 controls) were interviewed at 1, 6, and 12 months following a police reported domestic incident to assess repeat violence, service utilization, and symptoms. Women who received the DVHVI were more satisfied with the police and likely to call them to report a nonphysical domestic dispute in the 12 months following the initial incident than women in the comparison group. DVHVI participants were significantly more likely to use court-based services and seek mental health treatment for their children.

Language: en