State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team

The State Fatality Review Team is charged with decreasing the incidence of domestic violence fatalities in the Commonwealth through an in-depth analysis of their root causes and the recommendation of any necessary policy and statutory changes. It is also responsible for providing strategic leadership for, and conducts collaborative, multi-disciplinary reviews of domestic violence related fatalities with local review teams in an effort to better understand the dynamics of such deaths and develop recommendations—without blame—for creative and effective strategies to reduce the number of domestic violence deaths in the Commonwealth.