Legal Interventions in Family Violence : Research Findings and Policy Implications

By Travis, Jeremy

Book Id: WPLBN0000697159
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Title:	Legal Interventions in Family Violence : Research Findings and Policy Implications
Author:	Travis, Jeremy
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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 Travis, B. J. (n.d.). Legal Interventions in Family Violence : Research Findings and Policy Implications. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Legal Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: Message from the Director. Recent research has shed considerable light on family violence and various efforts to combat it within the justice system. Much of the research has direct, practical application for prosecutors, judges, defense attorneys, victim/witness advocates, and members of the law enforcement community. Typically, however, these practitioners are so caught up in trying to meet the day-to-day demands of an overburdened system that they cannot accord family violence research the attention it deserves. The National Institute of Justice and the American Bar Association share a similar mission: to inform our constituencies about the effectiveness of practical responses to family violence. This publication, the product of a research partnership, is intended to provide busy practitioners with a ?quick and easy? overview of the wide range of available research on family violence and to highlight a few major studies and their practical implications. The goal is to encourage practitioners to ?think research? in dealing with family violence.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Message From The Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii About This Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Chapter One: Research on Legal Interventions in Child Maltreatment Cases . . . . 1 Children?s Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Emotional Effects of Testifying on Sexually Abused Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Debra Whitcomb, Gail S. Goodman, Desmond K. Runyan, and Shirley Hoak Techniques for Improving Children?s Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Debra Whitcomb Effects of Cognitive Interviewing and Practice on Children?s Recall Performance . 7 Karen J. Saywitz, R. Edward Geiselman, and Gail K. Bornstein The Use of Closed-Circuit Television and Videotaped Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Trials: An Evaluation of BJA?s Funding Program . . . . . . . . . . 8 Sharon G. Elstein, Barbara E. Smith, Howard Davidson, Donald Rebovich, Kathy Free, Mark Ells, and Caren Sempel Children?s Testimony and Their Perceptions of Stress in and out of the Courtroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Karen J. Saywitz and Rebecca Nathanson Prosecution of Child Abuse and Neglect Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The Prosecution of Child Sexual and Physical Abuse Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Barbara E. Smith and Sharon Goretsky Elstein Prosecuting Child Physical Abuse Cases: A Case Study in San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Barbara E. Smith Justice System Processing of Child Abuse and Neglect Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Noy S. Davis and Susan J. Wells Coordinating Criminal and Juvenile Court Proceedings in Child Maltreatment Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Debra Whitcomb and Mark Hardin Sentencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The Probation Response to Child Sexual Abuse Offenders: How Is it Working? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Barbara E. Smith, Susan W. Hillenbrand, and Sharon R. Goretsky Managing Adult Sex Offenders in the Community?A Containment Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Kim English, Suzanne Pullen, and Linda Jones