NCJ Number
127205
Date Published
1990
Length
100 pages
Annotation
To accomplish the goal of training law enforcement executives in domestic violence policy development, this project conducted 18 seminars in which 882 individuals were trained.
Abstract
Seminars were conducted in Indiana, Georgia, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Maryland, Colorado, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nebraska, Texas, and the District of Columbia. Seminar participants included sworn law enforcement personnel, military law enforcement officers, and victim advocates. In addition to training seminars, numerous law enforcement participants attended workshops which focused on the impact of domestic violence on corrections, home incarceration, alternative sentencing, and treatment programs for violent inmates. Project staff also answered telephone inquiries and distributed informational materials. Training seminar evaluation ratings were consistently high. Participants suggested that the seminar be longer, that judges and prosecutors be invited as participants, that training be more specific to local sites, and that more information on police liability be included. Appendixes contain the project evaluation form and questionnaires, a list of relevant library materials, media coverage articles, and project correspondence. 5 figures