Web resource:	http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/conferences/policewomen3/wangmann.pdf
Type:	Conference Paper
Title:	An exploration of a different model of service provision to victims of domestic violence in a police setting: the 'Tamworth Domestic Violence Project'
Other Titles:	Third Australasian Women and Policing Conference: Women and Policing Globa[cut]
Authors:	Hastings, Cathy Wangmann, Jane
Keywords:	Policing;Advocacy
Year:	2002
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Criminology
Notes:	Reports on the evaluation of the Tamworth Domestic Violence Project, which operated from February to November 2001 in the north-west region of New South Wales. A civilian Project Officer (PO) was placed in Tamworth Police Station to contact the people who experienced domestic violence and to provide support, counselling and referral. This proactive scheme approached the victims instead of merely offering the service. Around 33 per cent of the potential clients were assisted, 30 per cent rejected the service and 21 per cent ignored the telephone calls, letters or home visits. The people who received the service found that the civil character of the PO was less intimidating and more accessible than police officers, and that the assistance made a difference to their dealing of the violence. Police were also satisfied with the outcomes of the project.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/20942
Physical description:	10p
Appears in Collections:	Conference Papers

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