Preventing Domestic Violence Homicide

Roughly 25 percent of domestic violence homicides are committed while a restraining order is in effect. Often, there are clear warning signs that would allow law enforcement to predict, and therefore prevent these intimate partner murders.

Ms. Rosenfeld has played a large part in the development and implementation of efforts to prevent domestic violence homicide. Through the expansion of GPS monitoring, paired with a groundbreaking risk assessment tool, many local and statewide law enforcement departments have begun to make substantial progress in preventing domestic violence homicide.

Ms. Rosenfeld has consulted with many legislative and law enforcement bodies to implement these tools. She can be reached through Harvard Law.