Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research: Part 1 -- Law Enforcement, Part II -- Prosecution, [and] Part III -- Judges
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Jun. 30, 2008
ANNOTATION: “The purpose of this work is to describe to practitioners what the research tells us about domestic violence, including its perpetrators and victims, and the impact of current responses to it and, more importantly, the implications of that research for day to day real world responses to domestic violence by law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges” (p. 2). Topics covers include: how widespread the problem is; domestic violence (DV) that is actually reported to law enforcement; what DV actually reaches the courts; the possibility of arrest rates actually corresponding to estimated actual rates for DV and stalking found in victim surveys; is arrest the best response; who the perpetrators are; who their victims are; how many abusers are going to do it again; which abusers are likely to do it again in the short-term; which abusers are likely to try to kill their victims; the effectiveness of specialized law enforcement domestic violence units in responding to DV; does prosecuting and sentencing DV offenders deter reabuse; evidence that is typically available to prosecute DV cases; the kind of dispositions most suspects receive; do specialized prosecution units work; what should be considered in recommending sentences for convicted batterers; the impact of aggressive prosecution and sentencing on the demand for trials; the appropriate sentences for convicted batterers; the effectiveness of batterer intervention programs in preventing reabuse; police DV training; civil protection orders; and the effectiveness of DV courts.