Does victim participation in intimate partner violence prosecution improve safety?
–> Home | Browse by Day | or Program | Author Index 207740 Does victim participation in intimate partner violence prosecution improve safety? Monday, November 9, 2009: 4:30 PM Karin Rhodes, MD, MS , Department of Emergency medicine School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD , Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Catherine L. Kothari, MA , Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI Melissa E. Dichter, PhD , Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP), Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA Tae Kim , School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Steven C. Marcus, PhD , University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia, PA Background: Criminal Justice (CJ) interventions for intimate partner violence (IPV) have yet to find evidence for effectiveness. We hypothesized that victi