Case Review Committee Incident Status Determination Process
This MARADMIN announces the implementation of a revised Incident Status Determination Process (ISDP) for Case Review Committees handling domestic violence cases. The new process separates incident determination and severity leveling from risk assessment and intervention planning, following recommendations from the Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence. Training will be conducted at all Marine Corps installations through August 2005, with full implementation completed by September 2005.
Issued: April 5, 2005
1. THE THIRD YEAR REPORT (2003) OF THE DEFENSE TASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CASE REVIEW COMMITTEE'S (CRC) DECISION TO SUBSTANTIATE OR UNSUBSTANTIATE AN INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND ASSIGN A RESPECTIVE SEVERITY LEVEL BE DETERMINED SEPARATELY FROM RISK ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION PLANNING. THE REVISED INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATION PROCESS (ISDP) SEPARATES THE CRC DELIBERATION INTO TWO PARTS WITH FOUR DECISIONS. PART I INCLUDES INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATION AND SEVERITY LEVELING, AND PART II INCLUDES RISK ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION PLANNING. 2. INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATION UTILIZES DOD DEFINITIONS FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THE INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATION PROCESS TO SUBSTANTIATE OR UNSUBSTANTIATE AN INCIDENT. INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATION IS STANDARDIZED FOR ENTRY INTO THE DOD CENTRAL REGISTRY. 3. SEVERITY LEVELING FOCUSES THE DISCUSSION ON THE INCIDENT THAT BROUGHT THE CASE TO THE CRC INSTEAD OF THE OVERALL PATTERN AND HISTORY OF ABUSE. SEVERITY LEVELING INCLUDES VICTIM IMPACT AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT, BRINGS USMC LEVELS IN LINE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INCIDENT BASED DOD CENTRAL REGISTRY, AND ELIMINATES ARBITRARY ASSIGNMENT OF SEVERITY LEVELS TO SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS. 4. RISK ASSESSMENT IS ESTABLISHED AS A DISCRETE STEP TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF RISK. IT PROVIDES REAL TIME FLEXIBILITY IN DEVELOPING SAFETY PLANS, TREATMENT PLANS, AND COMMAND RESPONSE, AS WELL AS A MORE ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL FOR RECURRING ABUSE. RISK ASSESSMENT APPLIES TO UNSUBSTANTIATED - UNRESOLVED INCIDENTS IN ORDER TO ALLOW COMMANDERS MORE FLEXIBILITY TO PROACTIVELY RESPOND TO AT-RISK SITUATIONS BY RECOMMENDING SECONDARY PREVENTION SERVICES. 5. INTERVENTION PLANNING IS DRIVEN BY THE RISK ASSESSMENT, PRECLUDES A "ONE SIZE FITS ALL" APPROACH TO INTERVENTION, AND ALLOWS FOR ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON CURRENT NEEDS. IT INCLUDES SAFETY PLANNING, TREATMENT, COMMAND RESPONSE, AND VICTIM ADVOCACY. 6. IN FY04, ISDP WAS INTRODUCED AT OKINAWA, IWAKUNI, HAWAII, QUANTICO, AND HENDERSON HALL AS PART OF THE PILOTING PROCESS. BEAUFORT, PARRIS ISLAND, AND ALBANY WERE TRAINED IN FEBRUARY 2005. THE ISDP AND REVISED MATRICES WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE REMAINING INSTALLATIONS DURING CRC TRAININGS AS FOLLOWS: 11-13 APRIL 2005 - KANSAS CITY 17-18 MAY 2005 - CAMP PENDELTON - SAN DIEGO - MIRAMAR - TWENTYNINE PALMS 19-20 MAY 2005 - YUMA - BARSTOW 1-3 AUGUST 2005 - NEW RIVER - CAMP LEJEUNE - CHERRY POINT CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO MCO P1700.24B DURING THE NEXT REVISION, AND HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE DRAFT NAVMC 2930. THE ISDP AND REVISED SEVERITY LEVEL MATRICES CAN BE FOUND ON THE MCCS WEBPAGE, WWW.USMC-MCCS.ORG, UNDER MARINE AND FAMILY SERVICES, PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION. FULL IMPLEMENTATION AT ALL INSTALLATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 2005.