“Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Program: An Offender-Focused, Evidenced-Based Approach to Deter and Reduce IPV”
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
2:00 pm-4:00 pm
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the virtual training “Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Program: An Offender-Focused, Evidenced-Based Approach to Deter and Reduce IPV.”
Despite years of efforts, traditional criminal legal responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) have fallen short of improving victim safety and increasing offender accountability. Building on coordination models, the Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (IPVI) Program employs the National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) evidence-based focused deterrence approach to identify and deter the most serious IPV offenders, reduce IPV, and reduce harm to victims.
Through a partnership of law enforcement, victim advocates, social service providers, and community members, IPVI addresses all intimate partner violence offenders known to the criminal justice system. One of the structure’s essential elements is the ability to focus on offenders at early stages of offending, before violence or patterns of behavior escalate, offering community-based outreach, support, and messaging about the potential consequences of continued IPV offending. Through this approach, jurisdictions are able to establish themselves as the entity responsible for addressing the violence, thus moving the burden of action off the victim (unlike many current IPV approaches).
The NNSC and partners in High Point, North Carolina began a pilot project of the IPVI in 2009 which lead to dramatic reductions in IPV homicides and victim injuries. IPV survivors have reported satisfaction with the approach in High Point, and both survivors and the larger community have reported an increase in their trust that law enforcement will take action against intimate partner violence perpetrators. Since then, IPVI has been implemented in diverse jurisdictions nationwide, with many early indicators of success. This workshop will focus on the principles behind IPVI, how it works, and the essential steps that jurisdictions can take to successfully implement this innovative initiative.
Presenter: Rachel Teicher
Rachel Teicher is the Director of the Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (IPVI) Program at the National Network for Safe Communities. She is responsible for managing direct technical assistance and support for the National Network’s partner jurisdictions implementing strategies to reduce intimate partner violence, as well as strategies to strengthen police-community trust, particularly with survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence. Prior to joining the National Network, Ms. Teicher worked as the Director of Strategic Coordination in the New York City Mayor’s Office to End Gender Based Violence, as well as the Director of Economic Empowerment. She helped develop new initiatives in concert with various community partners and was responsible for managing the agency’s four Self-Sufficiency programs focusing on a wide range of survivor concerns. While at the Mayor’s Office, Ms. Teicher was also part of the administrative team that oversaw the Brooklyn Family Justice Center. Ms. Teicher also served as the Outreach Director in the Office of External Affairs at the New York City Department of Social Services where she developed and managed a new community outreach initiative lauched in all five boroughs addressing issues of economic inequality, food insecurity, and emergency assistance. Ms. Teicher previously worked with STEPS to End Family Violence and Mt. Sinai Hospital’s Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program. Ms. Teicher holds a JD from Hofstra Law School, a MA in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University, and a BA in Sociology from Haverford College.
Participant Registration and Cost: This training webinar is free. Participants need to register in advance for the training. Please visit here to register.