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100			_aGrant, Stephanie Christine _91252
245			_aFamily violence risk assessment : _ban early study of police officers' experiences at the frontline _cGrant, Stephanie Christine
246			_aA thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Criminology
260			_c2009
300			_a146 p. ; computer file : PDF format (381Kb)
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505	0	0	_t1 Introduction 1 1.1 The research 3 1.2 Literature review 7 2 Methodology 22 2.1 Research design 22 2.2 Ethical issues 28 2.3 A discussion of the methodology 30 3 Police officers' understanding and use of risk assessment 33 3.1 Knowledge of the ri
520			_aThesis (MA - Criminology) - Victoria University of Wellington, 2009. This thesis explores the experiences of frontline police officers responsible for implementing family violence risk assessment in selected areas of the Waikato District of New Zealand. The study used face to face semi-structured interviews with 30 frontline police officers, focused on their experiences of responding to family violence and their use of risk assessment tools. The research found that officers recognise and support the improvement of the police response to family violence victims. Despite this, the introduction of family violence risk assessment in the district has achieved minimal change. The research found there was a gap between management policy and operational practice due to issues with training and tensions between management directives and established practice by frontline police. The challenges faced by New Zealand Police are similar to the problems experienced by police organisations in other Western countries implementing similar reforms.
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650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPOLICE _9444
650	2	4	_aRISK ASSESSMENT _9504
651	2	4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
651	2	4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
856	4		_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10063/1088
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS
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