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Planning a Domestic Violence Court: The New York State Experience
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Planning a Domestic Violence Court: The New York State Experience
Publication year:
2004
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The development and implementation of a domestic violence court is explored through the experiences of the Brooklyn Felony Domestic Violence Court, New York state's first such court. This report covers: background and context; response of police and prosecutors; the court system adapts; re-examining fundamental premises; focus groups; interviews with prosecutors and defense attorneys; identifying key court components; staffing; judicial monitoring; batterers' intervention programs; is a batterers' program punishment?; probation and parole; services for victims; building partnerships; domestic violence technology; addressing challenges; results; replicating the model; judge-to-judge training; on-site technical assistance; and the creation of a wide range of written resource materials.