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3 results foundAuthor: Albright, Danielle Title: Deterring Domestic Violence: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Arrest and Protective Orders Summary: Domestic violence is a significant problem in the State of New Mexico, with incidence rates almost twice the national average. In 2004, law enforcement agencies across the state responded to 26,940 incidents of domestic violence, an incidence rate of 15.3 per 1000 persons. Comparatively, the domestic violence incidence rate nationally was 8.9 per 1000 persons in 2004. Of those incidents documented in New Mexico in 2004, Caponera identified 4,011 (or about 6%) as domestic violence incidents for which at least one of the parties involved filed a petition for a protective order with the courts. To date there has been limited research evaluating the effectiveness of either law enforcement intervention or protective orders in New Mexico. As policymakers in the State continue to debate ways to enhance the responsiveness of law enforcement to domestic violence and to make protective orders both more widely available and the enforcement of these orders more uniform, research evaluating the factors that shape the use and effectiveness of the formal interventions is needed. The current research examines the effectiveness of formal social controls in response to a sample of domestic violence incidents that were reported to law enforcement authorities, brought before the District Court as a petition for a protective order, or both in Bernalillo County, New Mexico in 2002. Details: Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Statistical Analysis Center, Institute for Social Research, University of New Mexico, 2008. 60p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 21, 2010 at: http://nmsac.unm.edu/contact_information/nmsac_publications/ Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: http://nmsac.unm.edu/contact_information/nmsac_publications/ Shelf Number: 120049 Keywords: Domestic ViolenceIntimate Partner ViolenceProtective OrdersRestraining OrdersViolence Against Women |
Author: Southwell, Jenni Title: Family Violence and Homelessness: Removing the Perpetrator from the Home Summary: Women and children who are subjected to family violence are vulnerable to homelessness. The traditional focus of social policy responses has been on supporting them to leave situations of family violence, through funding a network of emergency and transitional accommodation. More recently, there is increased policy interest in identifying strategies to assist victims of family violence to remain safely in their homes, while the perpetrator of the violence is removed. DVIRC’s Discussion Paper presents suggestions as to how policy can be directed to removing violent men from the family home, evaluates the two main legal interventions that exist in Victoria to enable this to happen, and discusses obstacles typically faced by those who pursue these legal interventions. The paper also explores some of the strategies and initiatives that have emerged elsewhere to address the problems identified, and recommends ways of making positive change. Details: Melbourne: Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre, Melbourne, 2002. Source: Discussion Paper No. 3: Internet Resource, Accessed March 6, 2012 at http://www.dvrcv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/DVIRC3v1.pdf Year: 2002 Country: Australia URL: http://www.dvrcv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/DVIRC3v1.pdf Shelf Number: 124391 Keywords: Family Violence (Australia)Homelessness (Australia)Protective Orders |
Author: Iowa. Department of Human Rights, Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Title: Public Safety Advisory Board: The Effectiveness of Domestic Abuse Protective Orders & Court Practices in Sentencing Violators Summary: Deterring abuse is important to ensuring safety among domestic violence and assault victims. Protective orders are tools aimed at restricting contact between the victim and the abuser to prevent subsequent violence. While empirical research has indicated that protective orders are effective, the extent of the effectiveness is uncertain because violation rates have varied widely from study to study. In addition, little research exists to explain how violations of protective orders are handled, which factors are considered when giving penalties, and whether certain situations lead to a given type of penalty. Punishing protective order violators is important because, if abusers have violated the order once, it is likely that they will so again; without enforcement, the order is essentially a piece of paper that does not protect the victim from danger. Another important consideration is the nature of the punishment. Iowa law allows defendants accused of domestic abuse contact order violations to be charged with civil contempt or a criminal misdemeanor. These two penalties differ in severity and impact on the offender’s criminal record. The current study attempts to fill these gaps in the research. The purpose of the study is to 1) Examine practices for handling protective order violations and compare Iowa’s eight judicial districts to identify whether there are differences in court practices. 2) Determine the effectiveness of protective orders in Iowa by calculating protective order violation rates and subsequent occurrences of domestic violence. The first research question was addressed through the use of a survey of county attorneys and judges. The purpose of the survey was to identify variations among the districts in procedures pertaining to protective/no contact orders and differences in how violations of orders are treated (as civil contempt or criminal simple misdemeanor) as allowed under Iowa Code 664A.7. The survey also asked participants about their opinions on the effectiveness of Code 664A.7, their perspectives on certain aspects of the law, and their ideas for how it could be improved. The questionnaire, which was developed in collaboration with county attorneys and a judge, was reviewed by several other legal professionals to ensure that questions were appropriate and relevant. An email providing a link to the online questionnaire was sent to all 99 county attorneys and all 8 judicial district chief judges and administrators. Details: Iowa: Iowa Department of Human Rights, 2011. 39p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 6, 2012 at http://www.humanrights.iowa.gov/cjjp/images/pdf/Domestic_Violence_Report.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.humanrights.iowa.gov/cjjp/images/pdf/Domestic_Violence_Report.pdf Shelf Number: 125160 Keywords: Domestic Violence (Iowa) Intimate Partner ViolenceProtective OrdersRestraining OrdersViolence Against Women |