The study's major findings pertain to DVC goals, victim services
and safety, offender assessments and programs, and compliance
monitoring. Regarding DVC goals, most courts emphasize victim
safety, offender accountability, deterring recidivism,
rehabilitation, and efficient case processing. Regarding victim
services and safety, DVCs generally emphasize victim advocacy
services, orders of protection, and victim safety while attending
court. Regarding offender assessment and programs, most assessments
were usually conducted by prosecution staff, probation, or the
staff of batterer programs or other outside programs. All courts
reported using batterer programs, but with widely varying
frequency. Orders to attend other types of programs were as
prevalent as orders to batterer programs. Regarding compliance
monitoring, 62 percent of the DVCs reported "always" or "often"
ordering offenders to probation supervision. Fifty-six percent of
courts reported requiring a return to court for postdisposition
monitoring. At such hearings, 27 percent of DVCs reported imposing
sanctions for noncompliance. Other topics addressed in open-ended
survey questions and on-site interviews were collaboration,
consistency, training, victim outreach, and resources. For the
purposes of this study, DVCs were defined as courts that handle
domestic violence cases on a separate calendar or assign domestic
violence cases to one or more dedicated judges or judicial
officers. Using a variety of investigative methods, the study
developed a comprehensive list of criminal DVCs nationwide. Three
DVCs in each of five States were visited to develop in-depth
information. Surveys involved all qualifying courts in the national
compendium and prosecutors linked to each court. Phone interviews
were conducted with a subsample of court survey respondents. 11
tables, 2 figures, 66 references, appended study instruments, and a
national compendium of DVCs
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