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Article: Domestic Violence Cases Involving Children: Effects of an Evidence-Based Prosecution Approach
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- Violence and Victims
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright Springer Publishing Company Apr 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This article reports findings from the evaluation of a city-county criminal prosecution unit for domestic violence involving children. Data from 446 cases prosecuted in the first 2 years of the Joint Prosecution Unit (JPU) were compared to a matched group of 446 domestic abuse cases prosecuted by both the city and county attorneys' offices in the 2 years prior to inception of the JPU. Results of the comparisons indicated that fewer cases were declined or dismissed by the new unit, and that cases were prosecuted at a significantly more stringent level. Multinomial logistic regression analysis indicated that child and weapon factors were associated with increased likelihood of a more serious ...