Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection

By Chaiken, Jan M.

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Title:	Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection
Author:	Chaiken, Jan M.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Law., Law & economy, Litigation and arbitration
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Publisher:	Department of Justice


Citation APA MLA Chicago Chaiken, J. M. (n.d.). Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Legal Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: SUBTITLE B?SAFE HOMES FOR WOMEN, DATA AND RESEARCH SEC. 40292. STATE DATA BASES. (a) IN GENERAL.?The Attorney General shall study and report to the States and to Congress on how the States may collect centralized data bases on the incidence of sexual and domestic violence offenses within a State. (b) CONSULTATION.?In conducting its study, the Attorney General shall consult persons expert in the collection of criminal justice data, State statistical administrators, law enforcement personnel, and nonprofit nongovernmental agencies that provide direct services to victims of domestic violence. The final report shall set forth the views of the persons consulted on the recommendations. (c) REPORT.?The Attorney General shall ensure that no later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the study required under subsection (a) is completed and a report describing the findings made is submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Key Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 About This Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Purpose and Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Findings and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Increasing or Improving State and Local Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Recognizing the Need for Multiple Indicators To Fully Capture the Extent of the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Identifying Existing Commonalities in Data Definitions and Reporting Methods Across States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Data Collection Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Multidimensional Aspects of Domestic and Sexual Violence Offenses . . . 16 Offense type?domestic and sexual violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Service domains?criminal justice, health, and social services . . . . . . . 17 Criminal justice domains?law enforcement, prosecution, courts (criminal and civil), and corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Intergovernmental?Federal, State, and local governmental coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Multijurisdictional?multiple State and local agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Definitional aspects of domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Alternative Approaches to Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Single focus (domestic or sexual violence) law enforcement reporting systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22