Mr Jesse Shaw1, Mr Darren Green
1Queensland Police Service, Harrisville, Australia
Domestic and Family Violence causes considerable harm to individuals and the community. To address this, there is a need to identify robust intervention methodologies that can disrupt the perpetration of violence. We report one such methodology relying on Email to SMS technology to send reminders or nudges to respondents 24 to 48 hours after they are served Domestic Violence paperwork within a police district in Queensland, Australia. A total of 292 respondents named in police issued domestic violence applications were randomly assigned to receive the follow up text after they were served with a copy of the paperwork. A further 291 respondents were assigned to the control group over an eight month period. We identified that there was no statistically significant impact across the two groups overall. However, a statistically significant reduction in reported offences was observed among respondents issued with their second or subsequent domestic violence application. These results demonstrate an opportunity to proactively engage respondents on a large scale with minimal resources, providing greater protection of victims of domestic violence.
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