Domestic violence : the criminal justice response /

Domestic violence : the criminal justice response / by Eve S. Buzawa, Carl G. Buzawa.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger.
Other Authors:	Buzawa, Carl G.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1990]
Series:	Studies in crime, law, and justice ; v. 6.
Subjects:	Wife abuse > United States. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: The Role and Context of the Criminal Justice System
Pt. I. Context of the Problem
2. Defining and Measuring Domestic Violence and Its Impact
3. Risk Markers for Offenders and Victims
4. Societal and Historical Factors in Domestic Violence
Pt. II. The Evolving Police Response
5. The Traditional Police Response and Early Innovations
6. The Push for Criminal Justice Innovation
7. The Development of State and Federal Legislation
8. The Increased Policy Preference for Arrest
9. Factors Affecting Police Response
10. Variations in Police Response to Domestic and Nondomestic Assaults
Pt. III. What Happens After Arrest? The Role of the Prosecutors and the Courts
11. Classic Patterns of Nonintervention by the Prosecutors and Courts
12. The Changing Prosecutorial Response
13. Judicial Innovations: Diversions From the Criminal Justice System
14. The Role of Restraining and Protective Orders
15. Innovations in Judicial Processing and Disposition
References
Index
About the Authors.