A National Portrait of Domestic Violence Courts

• NCJ Number: 229659
• Date Published: December 2009
• Length: 161 pages
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored

Annotation

In providing a comprehensive national profile of domestic violence courts (DVCs), this study explored how criminal DVCs have evolved, their rationale, and how their operations vary across the United States.

Abstract

In providing a comprehensive national profile of domestic violence courts (DVCs), this study explored how criminal DVCs have evolved, their rationale, and how their operations vary across the United States.