Answering The Call

The Police Response to Family and Caregiver Violence Against People With Disabilities

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This document discusses general trends and issues concerning the police and the disability community. It looks at the prevalence and kinds of violent incidents. It also examines perpetrators and risk factors including disability, reliance on others, compliance and the lack of power, ineffective safeguards, social isolation and the need for intimacy, individual poverty, family poverty, stress, turmoil, and economic dependence. It presents information on reporting complaints, the initial police responses to complaints, building the case, police data, and directions for training and policy development.