Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an insidious public health concern that affects people of all demographic backgrounds. In the city of Cincinnati, Ohio there has been a significant increase in IPV-related homicides over the past 5 years. Women Helping Women (WHW), a nonprofit organization that works to prevent gender-based violence, collaborated with Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) to create the Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT). Researchers from the University of Cincinnati School of Criminal Justice were invited to work with WHW to evaluate the program. This article discusses the history of the DVERT program and collaboration, obstacles that ensued, lessons learned, and successes of the relationship between the researchers, WHW, and CPD. Implications for other researchers and practitioners looking to form partnerships are discussed.

亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）是一种阴险的公共健康问题，会影响所有人口统计学背景的人。在过去的五年中，俄亥俄州辛辛那提市与IPV相关的凶杀案大量增加。致力于防止基于性别的暴力的非营利组织妇女帮助妇女组织（WHW）与辛辛那提警察局（CPD）合作，成立了增强家庭暴力反应小组（DVERT）。辛辛那提大学刑事司法学院的研究人员应邀与WHW合作评估该计划。本文讨论了DVERT计划和协作的历史，随之而来的障碍，经验教训以及研究人员，WHW和CPD之间关系的成功。