WELCOME

WHO IS WHO & WHAT IS WHAT

PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT DAYS

1. MONDAY: THE PROTOCOL & THE PARTNERS

2. THUESDAY: - PREVENTION

- SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE

3. WEDNESDAY: - PRESENTATION BY PARTNERS OF THE EUROPEAN PROJECT

- QUESTIONS

THEME: COOPERATION & NETWORKING

Protocol = steering factor

in intervention in prevention in consulting

PROTOCOL

MESSAGE = PLEA FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY COPERATION

( POLICE, PROSECUTION, SOCIAL WELFARE SECTOR, MEDICAL WORLD,….)

PROTOCOL

A LITTLE EXPLANATION OF BELGIUM

SIMULTANEOUS CIRCULAR

FEDERAL BELGIAN LEVEL COL III & IV (2006) APPLYING TO POLICE AND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTORWHITH REGARD TO THE PENAL POLICY CONCERNING VIOLENCE BETWEEN PARTNERS ( COL IV) & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD BATTERING (COL III)

ORIGIN PROTOCOL

By the end of 2004: consultation between the office of the public prosecutor and social welfare centre.

The most important issue: realization of the course of assistance with reference strip

In 2005: creation steering committee

In order to optimize the cooperation, each other’s expectations were probed.

AIM PROTOCOL

Integral and integrated policy regarding partner abuse by, amongst others, organizing victim’s and offender’s assistance as efficiently and effectively as possible.

PARTNERS PROTOCOL

Office of the public prosecutor of Leuven, Province of Vlaams-Brabant, Police force Leuven & prevention service, House of Justice, Centre for general welfare work Leuven, Centre for mental healthcare, the University of Leuven, University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven

HOW IMPLEMENTATE AIM PROTOCOL?

Offender, victim & system partner abuse: offer assistance As soon as possible In order to stop the assault in the short and prevent violence in the current and/or future relationship in the long run. Criminal action is ultimately often inevitable, yet it is only to be proceeded in

case of heavy facts or when the violence repeats itself so that voluntarily assistance is no real option anymore.

PROTOCOL

FLEMISH LEVEL CIRCULAR WELFARE WHITH REGARD TO THE APPOACH OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD BATTERING,…….. AIMED AT PREVENTION AND COLLABORATION

NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCERESULTS IN THE PROTOCOL ( 2006)

1. WIDTH: # FIELDS

POLICE

OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

HEALTHCARE

ASSISTANCE

EDUCATION

GOVERNMENT

2. THE PARTNERS OF THE PROTOCOL ALSO DIFFERENT LEVELS / DEPTH

EXPERTISE: POLICE

Early recognition Intervention:

Do something !Immediate search for the offender

Reference

EXPERTISE: PROSECUTOR

Take the right decision

Not go beyond assistance Mediation Prosecution Combination

EXPERTISE: SOCIAL WELFARE SECTOR

FIRST LEVEL CAW : PRIMARY APPROACH

act as gateway for an interview on admission with reported clients within three days after registration

SECOND LEVEL CGG : SPECIALIZED CARE CGG

act as specialized gateway for an interview on admission with reported clients within three days after registration

EXPERTISE: HEALTHCARE SECTOR - EMERGENCIES

Acute and urgent relief Inform authorized instances Refer

EXPERTISE: GOVERNMENT

City & province

Inventory the needs and pressure points which result from the steering committee and

Signal these to the authorized public bodies Carry intrinsic and logistic responsibility of education and

sensitization

CONCLUSION: EVERYONE AT HIS OWN FIELD = CRITICAL SUCCES FACTOR

Respect for everyone’s:

Vision

Procedure

Individuality

CONCLUSION CRITICAL SUCCES FACTOR PROTOCOL : COMMON VISION PARTIES

Action against partner abuse can not be limited to the criminal field

but should instead happen in a pluralistic way

using the expertise of the judicial, medical, psychological and social world.

External orientation

Expectations from others

Accountability

Openness

FUTURE: OPENNESS TO NEW PARTNERS

Presented by Katrien Willems - CAW & Wim D’haese - Police Leuven