Police Information Gathering from Victims of Domestic Violence

The paper presents the legal framework of police action in collecting information from victims of domestic violence and the tactics of conducting information interviews, with special reference to general and specific communication skills that police officers should have, in order to encourage victims to report and take adequate and effective measures for their protection, and then obtain all the relevant facts on which to base the criminal investigation. The aim of this paper is to point out the essential elements and specifics of collecting information from victims of domestic violence, with the purpose of improving the work of the police in the field of recognizing, qualifying and processing the occurrence of domestic violence and providing better protection to victims.