NCJ Number
133478
Date Published
1991
Length
46 pages
Annotation
This manual updates the domestic violence training curriculum for San Francisco law enforcement agencies through the spring of 1991 and provides additional curriculum reference materials.
Abstract
The existing curriculum material is not included. Only the updates to be added to each curriculum chapter are provided. The chapters of the curriculum for which updates are provided are the introduction to domestic violence training, an overview of domestic violence and law enforcement, charging and the Penal Code, interviewing techniques, making an arrest, incident reports, protective court orders, victim safety and followup, and effects of domestic violence on children and custody. The curriculum chapters for which there are no updates are the ones on the dynamics of case processing, police intervention, and simulations. Updates for reference materials are a reference list that contains Penal Code sections most relevant to the charging, prosecution, and disposition of domestic violence cases and a training handout that contains sections of the Penal Code relevant to domestic violence. The latter sections encompass felonies, misdemeanors, legal opinion and liability issues regarding charging, and legal opinion on officers' duty to assist with citizen's arrest. Domestic violence law enforcement training resources are briefly described.