Evaluation of the Judicial Oversight Demonstration: Findings and Lessons on Implementation

• NCJ Number: 219077
• Date Published: June 2008
• Length: 21 pages
• Publication Series: NIJ Research Report
• Agencies: NIJ

Annotation

This report (the second of a series on the Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative [JOD]) discusses the evaluation findings on implementing the JOD Initiative, which aims to improve comprehensive services to domestic-violence victims, increase victim safety, and hold offenders more accountable.

Abstract

This report discusses the Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative, an effort to improve the provision of services to victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), increase victim safety, and hold offenders more accountable. The report reveals some of the findings of an evaluation of the initiative, and presents lessons learned about implementing court-involved IPV prevention programs.