Improving Domestic Violence Responses in Rhode Island
CSG Justice Center staff conducted the assessment using
Sequential Intercept Mapping.
Intercept 0
Community Services
May involve victim advocacy,
safety resources, housing,
prevention efforts, or
community supports
Crisis Line
Intercept 1
Law Enforcement
and Child Welfare
May involve arrest, referral to
victims' services, or services
for children
911
Prevention
Services
!
Local Law
Enforcement
Incident
Intercept 2
Initial Detention and
Court Hearings
May involve pre-arraignment
reporting (including lethality
and risk assessments or
screenings), initial hearings,
possible protective orders or
disarmament, pretrial
programming, release
decisions and stipulations, or
compensation
Initial
Detention
Arrest
Intercept 3
Interventions in the
Community
May involve incarceration in
jail or prison, mental health
and substance use
assessments, community
treatment programs, or
Batterer Intervention
Programming (BIP)
Probation
Intercept 4
Reentry and
Community Corrections
May involve transition
planning, including compliance
requirements and appropriate
referrals, victim notification
services, or safety planning as
well as community-based
supervision, such as probation
or parole, community
treatment programs, or
domestic violence advocacy
services
Probation
Supportive
Services
First
Appearance
Treatment or
Alternative
Programming
Department
for Children &
Families
Incarceration
District Court
Release
Treatment or
Alternative
Programming
Pretrial
Charges
Dismissed
DV Training and
Monitoring
Unit
Services Unit
Family Court
Protective
Order
Parole
SAMHSA's Gains Center, The Sequential Intercept Model (Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
2019). Sequential Intercept Mapping was adopted from SAMHSA's Gains Center Sequential Intercept Model.
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