Leeds University Business SchoolBWV & Domestic Abuse Conference

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Participant Age Ethnicity Self –defined

Class

Education

level

Children

A 28 Mixed Race

British/Jamaican

Middle class 1st Degree No

B 22 White British Working class GCSE Yes

C 66 White British Working class None Yes

D 29 White British Working class GCSE Yes

E 25 White British Working Class GCSE Yes

http://policing.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/02/02/police.pav054.short

• Fast Track Domestic Abuse in the Crown Court• From arrest to prison in 72 hours• Pilot currently underway at Aylesbury Crown Court• Has the support of Thames Valley Police & Thames &

Chiltern CPS• Initial results are promising• TVP and PCC have funded further academic research • Research project being completed by Dr John Synnott & Dr

Maria Ioannou from the University of Huddersfield.• Senior Presiding Judge of England & Wales wishes to

extend the project nationally.

Katy.barrow-grint@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

mailto:Katy.barrow-grint@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

What can the Police do to reduce the attrition rate of victims of domestic abuse: �an application of temporal sequencing theory.Domestic Abuse TVPInitial ResearchLiterature ReviewVictim Retraction Stop or ProtectTemporal Sequencing �Cyclical vs Linear TimeQuantitative & Qualitative ResearchTime from Incident to WithdrawalRepeat VictimsVictim InterviewsParticipant CQualitative AnalysisQualitative AnalysisRecommendationsConclusionsOxford Journal of PolicingThe Research continues…Questions?