In this Bell Work Talk,  Sarah Galgano from the Geiger Institute, creators of the Domestic Violence High Risk Team (DVHRT) model will discuss the origin, four core components, goals and lessons learned from the more than 80 communities that have implemented the model.  Typical team membership, including the critical role that Forensic Nurse Examiners play will be discussed. 

Sarah is a Senior Project Specialist for the Geiger Institute where she supports communities’ efforts to implement intimate partner homicide reduction strategies and evaluate their effectiveness.  

Before joining the Institute, Sarah provided customized technical assistance to jurisdictions throughout the country to help them improve justice system outcomes for victims and defendants, reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system, and increase community engagement with justice initiatives.   

She has managed a variety of projects, including the implementation of justice reform legislation, program implementation, model fidelity, institutionalizing the use of data and reporting on programmatic outcomes, and reducing the unnecessary use of incarceration.   

Sarah has B.A.’s from the University of Iowa and received her Master of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. 

Resources:

The Geiger Institute: Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention | The Geiger Institute
https://geigerinstitute.org/

SAPD & Metro Health Discussing DA-LE: La Mesa: Intervening in Domestic Violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gSxgV2Z2Gk&t=1426s

Danger Assessment: The Danger Assessment: Validation of a Lethality Risk Assessment Instrument for Intimate Partner Femicide - PMC
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7878014/

DA-LE: Danger Assessment for Law Enforcement | Geiger Institute
https://geigerinstitute.org/da-le/

DVHRT: Domestic Violence High-Risk Team Model | Geiger Institute
https://geigerinstitute.org/dvhrt-model/

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