Yes. Cookie cutter approaches to reviewing domestic violence homicides may be convenient, quick, and produce aggregate data that can be relevant to effecting social change. However, many fatality review teams have tried to craft reviews that are local, democratic, operate at the level of grassroots community activity, and that access the subjective experiences of the parties involved. Such reviews involve much more than merely completing a survey or questionnaire. Meticulous, highly nuanced case reviews comprise exercises in local democracy and as such can be invaluable. Members should consider an array of options used by other jurisdictions when piecing together the elements of their team processes.
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