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Dr Jane Monckton Smith<br />
DART Revisited<br />
Homicide Timeline<br />
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Dr Monckton Smith, thank you so much for<br />
agreeing to this interview In June, we talked<br />
about DART, what it is and how it can be used<br />
alongside the DASH. I know that you have<br />
recently made it more accessible, in what<br />
way?<br />
We are constantly developing the dart app, adding new content, taking<br />
feedback and including new research. We are now out of the peer review stage,<br />
so are able to offer the dart app for just 99p. We are also proud to be able to<br />
say that we are able to offer dart to any agency helping victims for no charge.<br />
Dart has over 500 pages of information and I have included a few sample<br />
pages to illustrate what kind of information we have included. You never know<br />
when you might need it!<br />
You have recently been involved in research around the homicide<br />
timeline, what did you find?<br />
Having looked at hundreds of cases now, and worked with families and<br />
professionals, I have managed to construct a temporal sequence - or timeline,<br />
for an intimate partner homicide. There are 8 key stages, and each stage offers<br />
opportunities for intervention, and indicates increasing risk. It’s absolutely<br />
fascinating and some people who are bereaved by homicide have said its sent<br />
a shiver down their spine, and that it accurately reflects their experience.<br />
We will be publishing it as soon as we can, and as soon as it has been through<br />
peer review.<br />
We have started a blog which will give updates on dart, the timeline, the<br />
projects of the Homicide Research Group at the University of Gloucestershire,<br />
and the work of Forensic Criminology in Homicide prevention.<br />
And a final question: what is your all time favourite song?<br />
It’s too difficult to pick just one song as a favourite, but there is a song which<br />
really gets inside my head, and more often than not makes me cry! It’s Only<br />
love can hurt like this by Paloma Faith. It’s just so visceral and heartfelt, it<br />
captures some of the pain of loss which is such a huge part of my life and my<br />
work. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dat9CRV800<br />
Dr Jane Monckton Smith
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