Intimate Partner Violence: A Best Practices Guide for Prosecutors in Smaller Jurisdictions

19 Pages Posted: 17 Mar 2022

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Maybell Romero

Tulane University Law School

Jon Tunheim

Government of the State of Washington

Chantelle Williams

Institute for Innovation in Prosecution

Date Written: February 28, 2022

Abstract

Intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts people irrespective of income, education, and geography. In the United States, one in five homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner, and over half of female homicide victims are killed by a current or former male partner. Over 10 million women and men continue to experience IPV each year. IPV is an age-old social concern that continues to torment millions of people across the nation.

With this sobering reality in mind, the IIP’s Beyond Big Cities members came together to discuss their experiences with IPV cases. These conversations highlighted successful approaches to combating IPV in smaller communities, revealed unique challenges that rural communities face relating to IPV, and explored innovative responses to IPV. This document provides a survey of IPV prosecution in smaller jurisdictions, particularly rural ones, based on research and information that Beyond Big Cities members provided to the authors.

Keywords: intimate partner violence, domestic violence, criminal law, prosecution, law and rurality

Suggested Citation

Romero, Maybell and Tunheim, Jon and Williams, Chantelle, Intimate Partner Violence: A Best Practices Guide for Prosecutors in Smaller Jurisdictions (February 28, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4047368 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4047368

Maybell Romero (Contact Author)

Tulane University Law School ( email )

6329 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
United States

Jon Tunheim

Government of the State of Washington

United States

Chantelle Williams

Institute for Innovation in Prosecution

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