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NCJ 201879
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Title:
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Sacramento County, California, Arrest Policies Project: A Process Evaluation
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Author(s):
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Neal Miller
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Corporate Author:
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Institute for Law and Justice
United States
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Date Published:
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09/2000 |
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Page Count:
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16 |
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Sponsoring Agency:
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Grant Number:
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98-WE-VX-0012 |
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Sale Source:
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NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States
Institute for Law and Justice
1219 Prince Street, Suite 2
Alexandria, VA 22314
United States |
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Document:
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PDF |
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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/ICPSR03795 |
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Type:
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Program/project evaluations |
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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 presents the findings and recommendations of a
process evaluation of the Arrest Policies project in Sacramento
County (California), which was funded under a Federal grant
intended to encourage jurisdictions to implement mandatory or
proarrest policies as an effective domestic-violence intervention
that is part of a coordinated community response to domestic
violence. |
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Abstract:
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The focus of the Arrest Policies grant to Sacramento County was
the establishment of a Domestic Violence Home Court to handle all
preliminary non-evidentiary matters in domestic violence
misdemeanor and felony cases. All other nondomestic-violence
charges against a defendant in Home Court are assigned to this
court. The prosecutor's special Domestic Violence Unit for felony
cases was upgraded to permit the handling of misdemeanor cases
and all domestic-violence felony cases. A third initiative under
the Arrest Policies project was the funding of a special
probation unit that would provide intensive supervision for the
most serious domestic-violence probationers. The process
evaluation of the project was based on a 3-day site visit in
early June 2000 and follow-up telephone calls. The process
objectives included the reinforcement of police involvement in
domestic-violence cases by displaying prosecution and court
responsiveness to arrest; the centralization of all preliminary
matters in domestic-violence cases before a judge who has been
trained in the dynamics of domestic violence; increased
sensitivity to victim needs by criminal justice personnel;
improved probation supervision for domestic-violence
probationers; and the provision of crisis intervention services
to victims in court. Performance objectives included reduced
recidivism among first-time, low-level misdemeanor offenders and
reduced sentencing variability. The evaluation concluded that
both the prosecutor and probation offices in Sacramento County
have significantly improved their respective officers' response
to domestic violence. A strong foundation has been laid for a
coordinated multiagency response to domestic violence in the
county. More local resources for probation may be required,
however, so as to ensure that recent gains are not lost. |
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Main Term(s):
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Female victims |
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Index Term(s):
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Records management ; Court of limited jurisdiction ; Interagency cooperation ; Victim services ; Domestic assault ; Private sector-government cooperatn ; Court procedures ; Victim services training ; Domestic assault prevention ; Victims of violence ; Police domestic violence training ; Domestic assault arrest policies ; NIJ grant-related documents ; California |
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Note:
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Dataset may be archived by the NIJ Data Resources Program at the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data |
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