Understanding the measurable risk posed by technology-facilitated intimate partner abuse and the appropriate safeguarding responses.

The project seeks to quantify the risk posed by technology-facilitated intimate partner abuse (TF-IPA) by developing a measurable tool or resources that will be applicable to services supporting or related to service users experiencing this harm.

Present safeguarding practices within sectors supporting victim/survivors have not isolated nor quantified the impacts of TF-IPA.

To create a measurement, historical records will be reviewed in the form of Domestic Homicide Reviews and Near Miss Reports to quantify the proximity, frequency and presentation of TF-IPA within risk escalating abuse experiences.

Risk assessments such as the DASH, DARA, S-DASH and others, alongside the theory underpinning these measurement tools will be reviewed in line with the findings drawn from the report analyses. Statements will subsequently be made in terms of the risk posed by TF-IPA and the gaps in current agency responses.

The project will aim to provide resources and recommended safeguarding practices. This will be focused upon a multitude of services that connect directly or indirectly with service users. Outcomes are hoped to support the generation of informed decisions by commissioning bodies, policy making, technology developers and case workers, when addressing the harm of TF-IPA.