Predicting Legal Resolutions in Domestic Violence Cases
Group: University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center
URL: http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/forum/26/3fall2009/a_dvrez.html
Description
This article discusses characteristics of assaults in domestic violence incidents reported to Alaska State Troopers — reports, suspects, victims, victim-suspect relationships, and incidents — and the degree to which they influenced prosecution of domestic violence cases. Characteristics that predicted prosecution generally included the following: severity of the incident or corroboration of the victims’ description of events, thorough investigation and/or interrogation practices, intimate partner relationship between victim and suspect, and the incident occurring in an area with a VPSO or VPO program. Characteristics that significantly predicted prosecution can be used as the basis for modifications in policy and/or practice to enhance prosecution of domestic violence cases in Alaska.
Tags
violent crime, domestic violence, sexual violence, courts
Other Attributes
- Sub-location
- Statewide
- Categories
- Sectors (Govt, Non-Profit, etc)
- Non-Profit
- Formats
- PDF, HTML
- Location in resource
- N/A
- Internet Available?
- Yes
- Has population data?
- No
- Mappable?
- No
- Updated?
- No
- Frequency
- N/A
- Year(s) of Publication
- 2009
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