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Brian Stanley
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"Here lies Tycho Brahe, ad infinitum"

Focused on Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (OPDV)

Also thinking / working on philanthropy and health

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Slide 5 description: brown background with a white box outline tucked in on the edge. There are two bullet points following a header. Slide 5 text: What does this paper do? Bullet point 1: Provide one of the most comprehensive pieces on OPDV in decades. Bullet point 2: Ring the alarm bell on the issue and call on academics and practitioners to do more/better work. Slide 6 description: brown background with a white box outline tucked in on the edge. There are two bullet points following a header. Slide 6 text: What does this paper not do? Bullet point 1: offer a survivor-informed lens on the issue. Bullet point 2: Provide a cure-all for the harm done/institutional betrayal of survivors Slide 7 description: brown background with a white box outline tucked in on the edge. There are three bullet points following a header. Slide 7 text: What can future work do? Bullet point 1: diagnose and begin repairing harm done through institutional betrayal. Bullet point 2: Resource gender-based violence prevention efforts with abundance. Bullet point 3: Create alternative domestic violence response systems not linked to the criminal-legal system. Slide 8 description: Dark-gray background with a yellow box outline tucked in on the edge. Two large quotation marks appear on the page, at the beginning and end of the quote. Slide 8 text: "Without a cardinal shift toward survivor-centered inquiry and systemic accountability, OPDV will continue to serve as both a case study and a warning: When the powerful control a narrative, the vulnerable are robbed of care and accountability.
August 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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At the end of June, my article on Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (OPDV) was published in Violence Against Women. I’ve now added it to ResearchGate and created this summary deck as a way to counter the many silos paywalls create.

ResearchGate: bit.ly/41pSEve
VAW: bit.ly/4fuaUJQ
Slide 1 - title slide - description: brown background with a white box outline tucked in on the edge. Slide 1 title text: Leaving Brame Behind: An Urgent Call to Shift the Focus of Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence Research. Then, in the bottom right, it says: "click next" with a right arrow. Slide 2 description: brown background with a white box outline tucked in on the edge. There are 4 bullet points. Slide 2 text: Bullet point 1: The only US-based survivor-centered pieces on OPDV came out in 1991 and 1992. Bullet point 2: Both papers found at least 40% of officers had violently lost control in the last year. Bullet point 3: Since then, no other papers on OPDV have centered survivors. Bullet point 4: There have been several officer-facing pieces Slide 3 description: brown background with a white box outline tucked in on the edge. Slide 3 text: As a consequence, officer-abuser knowledge on OPDV has been exclusively prioritized by academics for nearly three decades. Slide 4 description: Teal-gray background with a white box outline tucked in on the edge. Two large quotation marks appear on the page, at the beginning and end of the quote. Slide 4 text: "...couple with the sole elevation of officer-abuser perspective in OPDV, means that police culture has infected the totality of our contemporary understanding of the issue."
August 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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June 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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January 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (OPDV), and some ideas on where practitioners can go from here, a thread 🧵💴⛑️
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January 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (OPDV), and some ideas on where researchers can go from here, a thread 🧵📚
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January 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Police officer-abuser power and survivor vulnerability in Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (OPDV), a thread🧵
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January 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (OPDV) and the insidious “Blue Family,” a thread🧵🕸️
A graphic which has a series of overlapping shapes, meant to describe the concept of the "Blue Family". The outer shape, a gray rectangle, has "The "Blue Family" written at the top. The largest circle inside the rectangle is light blue, and says "Police Brotherhood." The next smaller circle is darker blue and nested in the first, saying "Law Enforcement Community." The third circle is smaller and black, and says "Cop Family"
January 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (OPDV) and harmful elements of Police Culture, a thread 🧵🚨
The image is two word art outlines of police officers with a color pallet mirroring each other. The one on the left has a black outline and white fill, with "Batter-In-Chief" written in blue on the left-hand side, and the badge is filled in with red. There is a yellow question mark on the face. The police outline on the right is upside-down, with a white outline and black fill. The words "Batterer-in-Chief" is written in yellow, the badge is filled in with red, and there is a blue question mark on the face.
January 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Issues with estimating the size of Police Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence (OPDV), a thread 🧵📊📈
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January 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Language and it’s power in police officer-perpetrated domestic violence (OPDV), a thread 🧵
The image is a text image. It has a light blue gray background, with the words "Police officer - perpetrated domestic violence" written in capitalized purple block letters. The word "perpetrated" is italicized.
January 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Thoughts and prayers for health insurance CEOs 🙏🙏🙏
December 6, 2024 at 4:29 PM