Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team
The New Mexico Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team (IPVDRT) is a multi-disciplinary fatality review practice authorized by NMSA §31-22-4.1 and funded by the New Mexico Crime Victim Reparations Commission. Fatality review is a method of inquiry that seeks to identify ways to improve prevention and intervention efforts through an examination of the facts and circumstances preceding a death. The IPVDRT focuses on local, state, and federal programs and practices that aim to prevent injury and death in incidents of intimate partner and sexual violence.
The Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team (IPVDRT) meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. All regular team meetings are held via Zoom. Additional meetings or changes to the meeting schedule will be posted on this page. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the New Mexico Statistical Analysis Center nmsac@unm.edu at least one (1) week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. To obtain a copy of the meeting agenda, summary or other type of accessible format is needed, for more information please contact nmsac@unm.edu or call 505-277-0829.
Reports
The Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team (IPVDRT) is required to submit an annual report each year to the Legislature, the Governor and the leadership at various state agencies. The annual report contains:
- Statistics and findings on intimate partner violence-related deaths,
- Policy and systems change recommendations generated by the team during the case review process, and
- IPVDRT’s activities for the previous calendar year.
Each year the Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team (IPVDRT) coordinator completes a process evaluation. This report details the year's case review process including the case data collection strategy, case review procedures, and adherence to the Team's statutory mandate. The report also includes five appendices: A selected literature review for intimate partner violence lethality risk factors, a list of common abbreviations and working definitions, the Team member case review feedback form, the statutory authority for the Team, and the Team's Policies and Procedures.
2010 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
2011 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
2012 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
2013 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
2014 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
2015 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
2016 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
2017 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
2018 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
2019 IPVDRT Process Evaluation Report
Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team Members
The IPVDRT consists of appointed and invited members.
Appointed Members:
The IPVDRT consists of professionals from twelve areas who are appointed to the Team as guided by statute (NMSA §31-22-4.1). These experts assist with death reviews and provide recommendations for systems and policy improvement.
- Dr. Heather Jarrell, Office of the Medical Investigator.
- Dr. Cameron Crandall, University of New Mexico (UNM) Department of Emergency Medicine
- Gail Starr, RN, Albuquerque SANE Collaborative
- Dr. Tatiana Matlasz, UNM School of Medicine Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- MaryEllen Garcia, New Mexico Coalition against Domestic Violence
- Adaline Nuanez-Baca, Victim Advocate, Victim Services Program at New Mexico Department of Corrections
- Edna Sprague, New Mexico Legal Aid
- Judge Rosemary Cosgrove Aguilar, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court
- Patricia Galindo, Administrative Office of the Courts
- Judge Debra Ramirez, 2nd Judicial District Court
- Cruzita Romero, New Mexico State Police
- Eric Threlkeld, Eddy County Sheriff's Office
- David River, Children, Youth, and Families Department
- Liza Suzanne, Office of Injury & Violence Prevention, Department of Health
- Anastasia Martin, New Mexico Aging and Long Term Services Department
- Miranda Salazar, PeaceKeepers Domestic Violence Program (Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc.)
Cheryl Eaton, FBI Victim Services
- Lourdes McKenna, Crime Victims Reparations Commission
- Cheryl Hobbs, Probation and Parole
Invited Members:
The IPVDRT relies on an additional group of professionals to assist with death reviews and provide recommendations for systems and policy improvement. These professionals are invited members of the IPVDRT based on their unique expertise of domestic and sexual violence as it relates to their respective professions.
Invited members must speak with the Program Manager and sign the team's Confidentiality Agreement prior to attending their first meeting in order to participate in confidential death review sessions.
2 nd Judicial District Attorney's Office
Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless
Albuquerque Indian Health Board
Albuquerque Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Collaborative
Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
Domestic Violence Resource Center
Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council Inc.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Victim Assistance
Jicarilla Apache Behavioral Health
New Mexico Asian Family Center
New Mexico Attorney General's Office
New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department, Domestic Violence Unit
New Mexico Corrections Department, Probation and Parole Division
New Mexico Crime Victims Reparation Commission
New Mexico Department of Health, Office of Injury Prevention
Pueblo of Jemez Department of Social Services
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
Unified Solutions Tribal Community Development Group, Inc.
University of New Mexico, Institute of Public Law
Data
County Profiles
The Team Coordinator and staff compile county profiles to assist team members during case reviews. County profiles provide information on population and demographics, crime statistics, medical service providers, and social service providers for each county.
Incident, Relationship and Person Characteristics
The Team reviews the facts and circumstances of each death related to intimate partner violence (IPV) in the state of New Mexico where documentation was available and prosecution completed. These charts summarize incident, relationship, and person characteristics from reviewed IPV-related homicide cases from 2010 to the most recently available year. Definitions are available here.
