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Officer-involved domestic violence

OIDV Library

Research, policy guidance and professional resources related to officer-involved domestic violence.

The resources below are published by universities, government agencies, professional law-enforcement organizations and established domestic-violence organizations. Inclusion does not imply endorsement of Broken Badge or Action for Abby.

Research

  • A Study of the National Prevention Toolkit on Officer-Involved Domestic Violence (OIDV): Examining Training Effects

    Florida State University College of Social Work

    Karen Oehme, J.D.; Daniel Saunders, Ph.D.; Stephanie Grace Prost, MSW

    Study examining changes in officers' intended responses to OIDV before and after completing FSU's National Prevention Toolkit.

    Read the FSU study

  • Policies on Police Officer Domestic Violence: Prevalence and Specific Provisions Within Large Police Agencies

    Police Quarterly (SAGE Journals), peer-reviewed

    Kimberly A. Lonsway

    Peer-reviewed research examining how large U.S. police agencies addressed officer-involved domestic violence in departmental policy and how those policies compared with the IACP model.

    Full text may require journal access.

    View the research

Training

  • National Prevention Toolkit on Officer-Involved Domestic Violence

    Florida State University Office of Research

    Official Florida State University overview of the National Prevention Toolkit and its purpose.

    View the FSU program

  • The National Prevention Toolkit on Officer-Involved Domestic Violence

    VAWnet, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

    Overview and professional-resource entry for FSU's National Prevention Toolkit in the VAWnet library.

    View resource

Policy & law-enforcement guidance

  • Law Enforcement Guidance Resource List

    U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women

    Professional resources for law-enforcement responses to domestic and sexual violence, including FSU's OIDV Toolkit.

    View DOJ guidance

  • Domestic Violence — Policy Center Resource

    International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

    IACP policy guidance for law-enforcement agencies responding to domestic violence, including circumstances in which police officers are involved.

    View IACP guidance

  • Domestic Violence by Police Officers: Model Policy

    International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

    IACP model policy establishing procedures and prevention strategies for domestic violence involving law-enforcement employees.

    PDF download.

    View model policy
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