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9780803935761

Domestic Violence

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803935761

  • ISBN10:

    0803935765

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-10-01
  • Publisher: Sage Pubns
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Summary

What action should institutions in the criminal justice system take in response to domestic violence? What influence do the police, law courts and social services have on the pattern of domestic violence? These and other crucial questions are approached in this unique book which focuses on the individual institutions within the criminal justice system. It gives a full account of the present situation and makes some interesting recommendations for the future.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Role and Context of the CJ System
The Primacy of the CJ System
Have Multiple Goals of the CJ System led to a loss of clarity?
Why Changes Occurred?
Context Of The Problem
Defining and Measuring Domestic Violence and its Impact
What is Domestic Violence
How Definitions Impact upon Measurement
How Widespread is Domestic Violence: The Problem of Conflicing Studies
What is the Incidence of Domestic Violence
The Impact of Domestic Violence
Is Stalking the Prototypical Offence on Dating Relationships?
Risk Markers for Victims, Offenders, and Families
Specialized Profile
Risk Factors for Victims and the Phenomenon of Revictimization
Risk Markers for Families and Sociological Based Theories of the Incidence of Domestic Violence
Societal and Historical Factors in Domestic Violence
Does Society Create an Atmosphere Conducive to Domestic Violence?
Religion and Historical Perspectives
The Context of Early American strategies and interventions
Does History still Matter
The Evolving Police Response
The Traditional Police Response and Early Innovations
The Traditional Approach: Minimal Intervention
Crisis Management
Does Police Intervention Help?
The Push for Greater Criminal Justice Intervention
Political Pressure on the Criminal Justice System
The Role of Research in Forcing Change
Legal Liability as an Agent for Change
The Development of State and Federal Legislation
Domestic Violence Related Laws
Specific Anti-Stalking Legislation
The Federal Legislative Response
The Increased Policy Preference for Arrest
The Increasing Policy Preference for Arrest
The Limits and Costs of Mandatory Arrest
The Cost of Unintended Effects of Arrest
The Diversity for the Victim Needs and Divergent Impacts of Madatory Arrest
Factors Effecting Organizational Variations
Situational and Incident Characteristics
Police Evaluation of Victim Traits and Conduct
Assailant Behavior and Demeanor
Organizational Variations Among Police Departments
The Importance of Training
Domestic Violence in the Context of Community Policing
Variations in Police Response to Domestic and Non-Domestic Violence
Impact of Differential Police Interveintions
What Happens After Arrest? The Role Of The Prosecutors And The Courts
Classic Patterns of Non-Intervention by the Prosecutors and Courts
The Victim's Experience
Unique Factors Limiting Effectiveness of Prosecutors in Combating Domestic Violence
The Impact of Pro-Arrest Practices: The Dilemma of Growing Caseloads
Case Disposition by the Judiciary
The Increased Role of Restraining and Protective Orders
The Increasing Use of Protective Orders
The Complex Problem of Re-Abuse
Are there Other Avenues for Civil Court Relief of Violence?
The Changing Prosecutorial Response
Victim Support And Victim Advocacy Programs Within Prosecutor Offices
No Drop Policies
Victims Charged with Child Endagerment
Are there Alternate Models of Empowering Victims that Prosecutors can Follow?
Can Comprehensive Prosecutorial Programs have an Impact on Domestic Violence: A Case Study
Judicial Innovations: the First Steps Diversions from the Criminal Justice Systems
The Lack of a Coordinated Response by the Judiciary
Court Sponsored Diversions
Court Sponsored Mediation Programs
Batterer Intervention Programs
Innovations in Judicial Processing and Disposition
The Role of Specialized Domestic Courts
Integrated Domestic Violence Case Management
Integrated Coordinating Councils
Do Integrated Programs Work?
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