TY - JOUR
T1 - The Courts, Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Illness
T2 - The Case of Dwight Lamon Jones
AU - Websdale, Neil
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Messing validated the Tier One questions by statistically analyzing data generated from the Oklahoma Lethality Assessment Study funded by the National Institute of Justice. See Messing, J. T., et al., “The Oklahoma lethality assessment study: A quasi‐experimental evaluation of the Lethality Assessment Program,” , 89(3) (2015): 499‐530. Additional empirical support for the APRAIS tool came from Campbell, J. C., et al., ( 2003 , Supra), Snider, C., et al., “Intimate partner violence: Development of a brief risk assessment for the emergency department,” , no. 16 (2009): 1208‐1216. Social Service Review Academic Emergency Medicine
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PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Through the lens of the high-profile spree killing perpetrated by Dwight Lamon Jones in 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona, this article examines the way the criminal and civil courts grappled with assessing the significance, extent, and outcome of the IPV and abuse directed at Dr. Connie Jones, Dwight Jones’s former wife. The case is unusual, not least because Dr. Jones had an upper middle-class income and numerous resources IPV victims do not normally enjoy. Nevertheless, she felt the courts let her family down. Journalists, victim advocates, and others also criticized the Arizona courts. The article outlines the spree killing and the criticisms of the courts, narrates Jones over a period of nine years including the IPV and mental illness, and, through the work of the Study Committee convened by Arizona Chief Justice Bales, explores the potential use of IPV risk assessments in the courts, particularly the family court, and related matters. It concludes with recommendations regarding possible preventive interventions in IPV cases, including those addressing mental illness.
AB - Through the lens of the high-profile spree killing perpetrated by Dwight Lamon Jones in 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona, this article examines the way the criminal and civil courts grappled with assessing the significance, extent, and outcome of the IPV and abuse directed at Dr. Connie Jones, Dwight Jones’s former wife. The case is unusual, not least because Dr. Jones had an upper middle-class income and numerous resources IPV victims do not normally enjoy. Nevertheless, she felt the courts let her family down. Journalists, victim advocates, and others also criticized the Arizona courts. The article outlines the spree killing and the criticisms of the courts, narrates Jones over a period of nine years including the IPV and mental illness, and, through the work of the Study Committee convened by Arizona Chief Justice Bales, explores the potential use of IPV risk assessments in the courts, particularly the family court, and related matters. It concludes with recommendations regarding possible preventive interventions in IPV cases, including those addressing mental illness.
KW - criminal and family court
KW - due process
KW - fair justice
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - mental illness
KW - relative and absolute risk
KW - risk assessment
KW - rule of law
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U2 - 10.1111/jfcj.12176
DO - 10.1111/jfcj.12176
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091665506
SN - 0161-7109
VL - 71
SP - 57
EP - 85
JO - Juvenile and Family Court Journal
JF - Juvenile and Family Court Journal
IS - 3
ER -