Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research: For Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Judges

• NCJ Number: 225722
• Date Published: June 2009
• Length: 106 pages
• Publication Series: NIJ Research Report
• Agencies: NIJ

Annotation

Intended for criminal justice practitioners who deal with domestic violence, this publication reviews research on domestic violence - including its perpetrators and victims; the impact of current responses; and the implications of the research for responses to domestic violence by law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges.

Abstract

This report describes for practitioners what the research tells us about domestic violence, including its perpetrators and victims, the impact of current responses to it and, more particularly, the implications of that research for day-to-day, real-world responses to domestic violence by law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges.