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Legal interventions in family violence : research findings and policy implications.

Title
Legal interventions in family violence : research findings and policy implications.
Publication
Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, [1998]

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Additional Authors
  • American Bar Association, issuing body.
  • American Bar Association. Commission on Domestic Violence.
  • American Bar Association. Section of Criminal Justice.
  • National Institute of Justice (U.S.), issuing body.
Description
viii, 78 pages; 28 cm.
Summary
Topics covered include children's testimony, prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases, sentencing, elder abuse, civil protection orders, arrest, prosecution and defense, treatment.
Series Statement
Research report
Uniform Title
Research report (National Institute of Justice (U.S.))
Subject
  • Family violence > United States > Prevention
  • Intervention (Criminal procedure) > United States
  • Victims of family violence > Services for > United States
Note
  • Shipping list no.: 1998-0324-P.
  • "July 1998."
  • "A project of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, Commission on Domestic Violence, Center on Children and the Law, and the Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly presented to the National Institute of Justice."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Funding (note)
  • Supported by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
Contents
Ch. 1. Research on legal interventions in child maltreatment cases -- Children's testimony -- Prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases -- Sentencing -- Impact of domestic violence on children's behavior -- Ch. 2. Research on legal interventions in elder abuse cases -- Coordination and collaboration -- Recommendations to state courts -- Ch. 3. Research on legal interventions in domestic violence cases -- Batterer and victim characteristics -- Civil protection orders -- Arrest -- Prosecution and defense -- Court-ordered treatment -- Statistical reports on family violence.
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries