Web resource:	http://www.vera.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/Enhancing_responses.pdf
Type:	Booklet
Title:	Enhancing responses to domestic violence: promising practices from the Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative [brochure]
Authors:	Campbell, Robin Menghraj, Suzanne Damiani, Cristina
Keywords:	Criminal justice responses;Perpetrators;Advocacy;Cross-cultural;CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse)
Year:	2004
Publisher:	Vera Institute of Justice
Notes:	This brochure outlines the work of the Judicial Oversight Demonstration (JOD) Initiative, a project funded by the US Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women since 1999, at 3 sites in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; Washtenaw County, Michigan; and Dorchester District in Boston, Massachusetts. This initiative aims to improve criminal justice and community responses to domestic violence, by bringing together judges, attorneys, advocates for women, batterer intervention specialists, probation officers and the police, to enhance victim safety and the oversight of offenders. One of the JOD’s goals includes testing the effectiveness of combining strong judicial oversight of domestic violence cases with graduated sanctions for offenders and services for victims. Key highlights are enhancements to pre-trial and post-conviction responses, steps to improve cultural competency, and increased capacity through coordinated community efforts and information sharing. To enhance safety and accountability after conviction, the post-conviction compliance process, among one of the core achievements, comprises 4 components: judicial review hearings (series of post-conviction court appearances that extend the judge’s role in a case throughout the probationary period); intensive probation supervision (more field monitoring of offenders and increased contact with victims) to give judges detailed information about offender behaviour during the review period; mandated attendance for qualifying offenders at batterer intervention programmes; and improvements to court and community-based services for victims. It looks at the safety gap during the pre-trial period by hiring more staff to work with victims and witnesses, expediting victims’ access to protection orders and prosecuting bail breaches. At one site, some defendants (with a previous domestic violence record but who are not under the supervision of probation or parole) are ordered to the Pretrial Monitoring Program (PMP) as a condition of bail. Initiatives to reduce language and cultural barriers are also included.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/18321
Physical description:	6p
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