Domestic Violence Courts and Offender Accountability
In addition to assisting victims, another fundamental goal of domestic violence courts is to improve offender accountability through:
- Offender assessments — examining the batterer for substance abuse and mental health problems, history of violence, and other characteristics. Learn more about offender assessments.
- Batterer programs — mandatory education to prevent future violence. Learn more about batterer programs.
- Offender monitoring — supervising the batterer through probation or court hearings and imposing penalties for noncompliance. Learn more about offender monitoring.
Date Created: June 30, 2011
