Research Catalog
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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- 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.))
- Subjects
- 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