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Resource: Understanding Violence and Victimization
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you discuss the police response to domestic violence and related intimate partner victimization. Address the following:
- Police response practices to domestic violence incidents and calls for service
- Mandatory criminal charging in domestic violence cases
- Crime data and trends in domestic violence
- Future approaches to police response in domestic violence incidents
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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Running Head: UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE AND VICTIMIZATION
Understanding Violence and Victimization
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Running Head: UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE AND VICTIMIZATION
Introduction
Domestic violence has tended to be experienced in most homes today, a crime that
has seen physical, psychological and emotional abuse to women and children. Reports
indicate that a woman is battered every 12seconds in America, and that half of the married
women are likely to experience domestic violence. Children in such homes are likely to be
neglected and affected psychologically or physically. However, with domestic violence
statutes in place, law enforcement officers have been granted the opportunity to stop domestic
violence by investigating cases of domestic abuse, and charging those found guilty.
Police response practices to domestic violence incidents and calls for service
The 911 emergency call and call for relief can be used by domestic violence victims
to seek for assistance. When the victim makes a call, they first interact with a police
dispatcher who listens to what the victim has to report. In case there is any assistance needed
from the police, the dispatcher has to communicate and alert police of the rescue mission.
The officers to be dispatched to the scene depend on the information provided by the
dispatcher; such as the location of the scene, street, and city.
Normally, two or more policemen should be sent to the scene depending on...
