[DV_listserv] Journal article re: jail calls, tampering, and abusers involve children in continued abuse

[Domestic Violence issues]

Subject: New article from JOFV– Jail Calls: What Do Kids Have to Do with It?
Hello.

I would like to let you know about a special commentary Jail Calls: What Do Kids Have to Do with It? that is appearing in Journal of Family Violence<https://link.springer.com/journal/10896>.

As this commentary is especially relevant for advocates and professionals working in the field of domestic violence, this article is currently free to read for the next few weeks. Please feel free to share this note and this link (https://goo.gl/np6N4c) to the special article with your colleagues and networks.

As recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court, witness tampering is a significant problem in domestic violence cases (Davis v. Washington, 126 S.Ct. 2266, 165 L.Ed.2d 224, 2006). Unfortunately, for many domestic violence victims, abusers continue to tamper with them while awaiting court appearance and sentencing, often via phone calls made from jail. In 2011, Professor Amy Bonomi<https://hdfs.msu.edu/people/faculty/bonomi-amy-e-phd-mph> and her colleagues published the field’s first analysis of jail phone calls<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027795361100445X> that occur between domestic abusers and their victims; outlining a five-stage model describing how abusers manipulate their victims into changing their stories to lessen impending criminal charges.

When leading an investigation and providing expert testimony based on their prior research, Professor Bonomi and her colleague and co-author, Mr. David Martin, are often asked how abusers involve their children (directly or indirectly) during jail calls. This special commentary uses three case examples to demonstrate how domestic abusers triangulate their children into the abuse dynamic during jail calls. Data for the three case examples come from more than 17,528 felony domestic violence cases charged in King County, Washington over the last 15 years.

Please consider sharing the commentary<https://goo.gl/np6N4c> with colleague-practitioners (e.g., prosecutors, judges, domestic violence advocates, correctional officers, police officers, investigators, therapists).

Thank you! Sincerely, Rebecca

Rebecca J. Macy, PhD, MSW
L. Richardson Preyer Distinguished Chair for Strengthening Families
Journal of Family Violence Editor-in-Chief
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Social Work
325 Pittsboro Street CB #3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-843-2435
rjmacy at email.unc.edu<mailto:rjmacy at email.unc.edu>

Erica Schmittdiel, LMSW
MSU Safe Place/CARE Advocacy Coordinator
(517) 353-9999
(517) 432-6193 (fax)




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