Case Study: Domestic Violence Leading to Fatality - A Lesson in Detection and Intervention

Explore a tragic case of domestic violence where S, a woman denying abuse, meets a fatal end. Uncover the importance of early detection and intervention by hospital staff and law enforcement agencies to prevent such incidents. Learning points emphasize the need for specific training to recognize and address abuse promptly.

• Domestic Violence
• Detection
• Intervention
• Training
• Case Study

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1. Case 5 for teaching package on domestic violence Name of presenter and institution

2. Domestic Violence leading to death by so- called accident

3. Aims and objectives To show how detected but denied physical violence can lead to a fatality To show how law-enforcement and hospital staff can be better trained to pick up on these cases and have better (legal) tools to intervene on time.

4. Case details S is a divorced 39 year old woman who has a daughter from her marriage and goes to live with her new boyfriend She works as a clerk in a hospital and regularly comes to work with cuts and bruises She insists that the cuts and bruises are from accidents but colleagues believe they are from physical abuse She also is drawn into alcohol abuse perpetuated by her new boyfriend She does not have the courage to leave him One day she does NOT arrive at work

5. Case details The police are sent to investigate and S is found dead at the bottom of the stairs The boyfriend said that she fell while drunk and that he didn t find her until he himself was woken by police as he was sleeping off his drunken stupor The case was concurrently dismissed by prosecutors because of lack of evidence Many people believed that this was a case at least of manslaughter.

6. Learning points It is important to investigate obvious situations even if the party involved denies wrongdoing or covers up wrongdoing by their partner Hospital staff and law enforcement agencies could be given specific training to detect abuse sooner and be able to intervene more quickly

7. MWIAs training module on violence https://mwiaviolencemanual.wordpress.com/