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NCJ 191861
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Title:
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Specialized Felony Domestic Violence Courts: Lessons on Implementation and Impacts From the Kings County Experience
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Author(s):
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Lisa Newmark ; Mike Rempel ; Kelly Diffily ; Kamala M. Kane
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Corporate Author:
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Fund for the City of New York
United States
The Urban Institute
United States
Ctr for Court Innovation
United States
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Date Published:
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10/2001 |
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Page Count:
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146 |
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Grant Number:
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97-WT-VX-0005 |
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Sale Source:
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The Urban Institute
2100 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
United States
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
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Agency Summary:
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Agency Summary |
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Dataset:
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03382 |
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Type:
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Model program descriptions |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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This report evaluates key features of Brooklyn's Felony Domestic Violence Court Model. |
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Abstract:
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The report traces the Court's development, implementation, challenges, evolution, and expansion. A pre/post evaluation study examined how the model influences case processing, outcomes, and recidivism. The report is based on qualitative research methods, including interviews with key court and partner agency personnel, observation of courtroom proceedings, and attendance at coordination meetings. It also draws on statistical analyses of data provided by the Office of Court Administration on Court Cases, and on documents prepared by the Center for Court Innovation and others. The existence of the specialized court seemed to change the types of cases entering it, in that prosecutors were more likely to indict cases with less severe police charges than before. This may have influenced case processing, disposition, and sentencing patterns. The Court's victims were more likely to be assigned an advocate, and defendants on pre-disposition release were more likely to be required to participate in a batterers' intervention program. The Court itself produced a higher rate of disposition by guilty plea, which saves the system time and money. Interpretations of recidivism findings are severely constrained by limitations in the recidivism data and the pre/post design. Criminal history, especially criminal contempt of court orders, predicted how well defendants performed pre- and post-disposition. Notes, figures, tables, references, appendixes |
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Main Term(s):
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Courts/ |
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Index Term(s):
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Court reorganization ; Family courts ; Recidivism ; Sentencing ; State courts ; Domestic assault ; Court social services ; NIJ final report ; New York |
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https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=191861
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